Saudi LPG exports increase by 30%

12 April 2011

According to official data, Saudi Arabia's exports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) rose 30% in February compared to a year earlier, while exports of petroleum products fell, Saudi Gazette has reported. LPG exports increased to 166,786 metric tonnes from 128,827 tonnes in 2010, according to data by the Saudi Port Authority. The kingdom exported 39% more LPG from the previous month. Exports of all oil products, excluding crude, from Saudi ports fell 2.7% in February to 3.05 million metric tonnes from 3.14 million tonnes a year earlier, the data showed.

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