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LPG in World Markets
Monthly intelligence on global LPG and NGL prices, freight, trade and market drivers, in one report.
LPG in World Markets is Poten’s flagship monthly report on the global LPG and NGL market, tracking geopolitical developments and their impact on trade flows, VLGC freight rates and vessel movements, cracker and feedstock economics, and contract and spot pricing across the US, Middle East, Asia and Europe.
Each issue combines news analysis with structured data — shipping fixtures, freight assessments, forward curves, direction-of-trade flows and a full pricing appendix — so subscribers can follow how supply disruptions, new export capacity, shipping economics and regional demand shifts are moving the market.
Report & Data Coverage
Market Overview & Geopolitics
Monthly analysis of the developments moving global LPG markets, including Strait of Hormuz risk, sanctions developments and their impact on crude, LPG and freight pricing.
Ginga Forward Curves
Forward price spreads and curves for FEI, CP, US and Arab Gulf propane and butane, benchmarked against naphtha.
United States & US Exports
Production trends from the Permian and Appalachian basins, export terminal capacity expansions and the outlook for US NGL supply growth.
Shipping
VLGC newbuild orders, sale and purchase activity, ship finance, fixtures, freight rates and time-charter assessments across major trade lanes.
Market Values & Direction of Trade
Cracker margins in Europe and Asia, feedstock economics, and monthly VLGC/LGC cargo flows by origin and destination.
Regional Focus & Appendix
In-depth coverage of a rotating spotlight market, plus a full data appendix of contract and spot prices, freight assessment tables, and import/export statistics for Japan, China, Korea and Taiwan.
Industries
LPG in World Markets is used across the LPG and NGL value chain to track prices, freight, trade flows and market drivers each month.
LPG Producers, Buyers & Traders
Monthly market color, price benchmarks and geopolitical risk analysis to support term and spot trading decisions.
Shipping & Chartering Teams
VLGC fixture data, freight rate assessments, and newbuild and S&P activity to inform vessel positioning and chartering strategy.
Petrochemical Companies
Cracker margin analysis and feedstock economics across US, European and Asian markets.
Financial & Commodity Analysts
Monthly data tables and trend analysis supporting valuation, modeling and market research.
Energy Market Strategists
Geopolitical and structural analysis of trade-flow shifts, including Middle East supply risk and shifting import dependencies.
Editorial Team
Latest News and Insights
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