Researchers have discovered a microbe that feeds on ethane at deep-sea hot vents. They also succeeded in cultivating this microbe in the laboratory. What is particularly remarkable is that the ...

Ethane is seldom transported in ships from one region to another due to the high costs of shipping cryogenic products and a general lack of petrochemical demand beyond indigenous supplies. Despite ...

TOKYO -- In Asia's petrochemical industry, ethane is attracting growing attention as an alternative to naphtha thanks to its lower cost, with major players in Thailand and South Korea accelerating ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) -The U.S. cleared the way to resume ethane exports to China on Wednesday, sending letters to producers Enterprise Products Partners and Energy Transfer rescinding a restrictive ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce sent letters to Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD) and Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) telling the companies they could load ethane onto vessels destined for China but ...

Plans for a huge and controversial new chemical plant in Antwerp, Belgium, are drawing attention to several European countries’ growing imports of chemicals from the United States: by-products of ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) -Energy Transfer said on Wednesday it received a letter from the U.S. government requiring a license to export ethane to China, adding that the U.S. export terminal operator will ...

Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) disclosed Wednesday it received a letter from the U.S. Commerce Department requiring a license to export ethane to China, and that it will file for an emergency authorization ...