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Mixed Natural Gas Liquids (NGL Stream)

Raw NGL stream (propane, ethane, butane, natural gasoline) from wet natural gas or crude refinery byproduct; feedstock for fractionation into purity propane

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What depends on it

Goods that need this input

1 essential American goods rely on mixed natural gas liquids (ngl stream) somewhere upstream in their supply chain.

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Share of global supply, by country.

Who makes it

Supplier companies

4 companies produce mixed natural gas liquids (ngl stream).

Enterprise Products Partners L.P.

HQ US35% share

Largest US midstream operator; holds the largest LPG/NGL salt cavern storage position at Mont Belvieu, Texas. Enterprise's Mont Belvieu complex includes dozens of solution-mined salt cavern storage cells in the Barbers Hill salt dome, holding hundreds of millions of barrels of NGL storage capacity. Also operates fractionation, pipelines, and marine export terminals at the same complex. Mont Belvieu's propane price is the global benchmark — Enterprise, as the largest storage operator, holds significant pricing influence over seasonal propane markets. Also operates the LOOP (Louisiana Offshore Oil Port) deepwater crude oil terminal.

ONEOK, Inc.

HQ US18% share

Major NGL midstream operator; holds significant NGL salt cavern storage at both Mont Belvieu, TX and Conway, KS (the two primary US NGL storage hubs). Conway, KS is the secondary US propane price benchmark hub (for Midcontinent propane) — ONEOK is the dominant storage and fractionation operator at Conway. Total NGL fractionation capacity 1M+ bpd. Acquired Magellan Midstream Partners (2023) for $18.8B, adding refined products infrastructure.

Energy Transfer LP(ET)

HQ US12% share

Major US midstream partnership; holds NGL and LPG salt cavern storage at Mont Belvieu (Lone Star NGL/Energy Transfer). Also operates Mariner East pipeline system connecting Appalachian NGLs to Marcus Hook PA export terminal. Marcus Hook exports ~20% of US propane, requiring coordinated storage drawdown from Mont Belvieu caverns. Diverse midstream footprint: natural gas, crude oil (Dakota Access), NGLs, and refined products.

Targa Resources Corp.(TRGP)

HQ US10% share

Major NGL midstream operator; holds NGL salt cavern storage at Mont Belvieu, TX. Targa's Grand Prix NGL pipeline brings Permian Basin NGL production to Mont Belvieu for fractionation and storage. 518,000 b/d fractionation capacity. Cedar Bayou Fractionator at Baytown TX was flooded during Hurricane Harvey 2017. The integrated storage-fractionation-export complex at Mont Belvieu represents the core of Targa's infrastructure value.