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Ethane and Propane Price Collapse
September 9, 2012 | Post-Gazette.com

Over the past two years natural gas drillers have targeted wet gas regions where ethane and propane can be separated from the natural gas. These products sold for attractive prices. Now there is a glut of wet gas products and their prices have collapsed. Wet gas regions of the Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale have been heavily targeted.


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