Coast Guard oversees first US ethane export from Gulf of Mexico [Image 1 of 3]

HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES

08.18.2016

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jennifer Nease 

U.S. Coast Guard District 8 PADET Houston

The JS INEOS INTREPID ship's crew stand by during a first-time ethane transfer at the world's largest ethane-export terminal, along the Houston Ship Channel Thursday, Aug. 18. 2016, at the Enterprise Products Morgan’s Point terminal.Texas is the first state in the gulf to conduct the ethane exports, only six months after Sunoco, an American petroleum and petrochemical manufacturer, conducted the first overseas ethane export at a Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, terminal. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jennifer Nease.

• Date Taken: 08.18.2016
• Date Posted: 08.19.2016 10:39
• Photo ID: 2803990
• VIRIN: 160818-G-QG329-001
• Resolution: 4912x7360
• Size: 4.75 MB
• Location: HOUSTON, TX, US