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Federal energy forecasters slashed their outlook for ethane exports and production for this year and next after the Trump administration restricted exports of the plastic-making ingredient to China.

Note: This article was updated on June 11 to reflect the outcomes of negotiations in London on June 10. Over the last two days, senior U.S. and Chinese officials engaged in trade negotiations in ...

Ethane and propane—important ingredients in making plastic—have become major U.S. exports in recent years, flowing from oil wells in West Texas and Appalachian gas fields alike. China has ...

Over half a dozen U.S.-loaded ethane vessels, originally bound for China, have stalled around the U.S. Gulf Coast after Washington requested U.S. exporters seek licenses to ship the shale gas to ...

The Trump administration's latest efforts to curb U.S. petrochemical exports to China could end up hurting the U.S. energy sector just as much, or more, than the Chinese economy.

Enterprise Products Partners said it received notice from the U.S. Commerce Department that the agency intends to deny its requests to export three proposed cargoes of ethane to China.

US ethane exports to China, which have remained resilient despite a trade war, are facing a threat from new rules imposed by Washington.