据石化新闻休斯敦报道，12月17日，第一艘由液化石油气（LPG）驱动的超大型液化气船(VLGC)在位于休斯敦航道的恩特普莱斯产品合作伙伴公司旗下的油气终端装载货物以后驶向了巴拿马运河。
已经是世界上最大丙烷出口公司的恩特普莱斯产品合作伙伴公司的成就为美国页岩供应品提供另一个需求来源，它允许大型船舶在装货码头补充LPG，而不是在加油设施的额外停留补充燃料。
在全球能源向更清洁的可再生能源过渡的过程中，恩特普莱斯产品合作伙伴公司还发现，与使用煤炭和木材等碳密集型能源相比，增加LPG出口和在加注燃料船上使用LPG是一种减少碳排放的方式。
恩特普莱斯产品合作伙伴公司在10月份曾表示，尽管新冠病毒疫情大流行对市场需求造成了冲击，但LPG出口需求(尤其是对亚洲的出口需求)仍保持了弹性。
李峻 编译自 石化新闻
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First VLGC powered by LPG headed from US toward Panama Canal
The first VLGC powered by liquefied petroleum gas was headed toward the Panama Canal Dec. 17 after loading at Enterprise Products Partners' hydrocarbon terminal Already the world's largest propane exporter, Enterprise's achievement provides another demand source for US shale supplies by allowing large vessels to refuel with LPG at the loading dock instead of making an additional stop at a bunkering facility.
Amid the global energy transition to cleaner-burning renewable energy, Enterprise also sees increased exports of LPG and use of LPG in fueling vessels as a way to cut carbon emissions when compared with using carbon-intensive sources such as coal and wood. It said in October that LPG export demand, particularly to Asia, has remained resilient despite the market shocks from the coronavirus pandemic.