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natural gas liquids

  • plural
    of natural gas liquid.
    natural gas liquid
    noun
    any of several commercially valuable hydrocarbons occurring in and extracted from or along with natural gas, especially those that are compressed into liquid form for transport, such as butane and propane. Abbreviation: NGL.

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It also gives it access to more associated gas, which is found alongside oil reserves and is higher in natural gas liquids.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

It is the lowest-cost LNG producer in the world, supported by feedstock gas, or raw gas before being processed, which costs about 25-50 cents, and by other rich natural gas liquids.

From Barron's Dec. 19, 2025

The 70-year-old pipeline stretches from Superior, Wisconsin, through Michigan to Sarnia, Ontario, transporting up to 540,000 gallons of oil and natural gas liquids per day.

From Salon Dec. 21, 2023

It also launched its twelfth natural gas liquids fractionator and its second propane dehydrogenation plant in Chambers County, Texas.

From Reuters Aug. 1, 2023

The 69-year-old underground pipeline carries Canadian oil and natural gas liquids used for propane through northern Michigan and Wisconsin to refineries in Sarnia, Ontario.

From Seattle Times Jul. 7, 2022

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