Mont Belvieu Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed GameDay Men’s Health Mont Belvieu with a ribbon cutting are his wife Amanda and daughters Molly and Sydney They were joined by city officials and chamber representatives Would you like to receive our daily headlines? Signup today Receive email alerts anytime there is breaking news or a severe weather alert Get the latest local and national sports headlines delivered to your inbox every morning Would you like to receive our Police Reports? Signup today there are no recent results for popular videos Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Account processing issue - the email address may already exist Invalid password or account does not exist Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Mayor: Run-off between Mouton and West.Councilmember At-Large: Turner and Williams Ward 1: CrenshawWard 2: HilliardWard:3 Sherwood Chambers County — A former Chambers County teacher already booked and released on charges of having an improper relationship with a male student is facing new charges stemming from the same investigation according to information Mont Belvieu Police Chief Jimmy Ellison provided to KFDM/Fox 4 News MBPD detectives arrested Molly Colleen Spears early this morning on two separate felony warrants for Sexual Assault of a Child she could face 2-20 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine she surrendered on the initial charge of Improper Relationship Between Educator and Student Spears posted $50,000 bond and was released the Chambers County District Attorney’s Office requested investigative assistance this month from the Mont Belvieu Police Department Criminal Investigations Division into new evidence of possible sexual assault of a child incidents that occurred in 2022 and 2023 These new allegations were connected to a previously investigated case of Improper Relationship Between Educator and Student conducted by the Barbers Hill ISD Police Department in 2023 working with Chambers County DA’s Office Investigators began conducting additional investigation and interviews MBPD Detectives obtained two separate felony arrest warrants for Spears on charges of Sexual Assault of a Child Each warrant carries a separate $100,000 bond Mont Belvieu PD Detectives arrested Spears this morning and processed her at police headquarters before she was transferred to the Chambers County Jail Chief Ellison says he's "appreciative of the inter-agency relationships and cooperative investigative efforts involved in this case." Chambers County District Attorney Cheryl Lieck Henry also expressed her appreciation “Chambers County is blessed with law enforcement teams that care about kids and working together to ensure justice," says Lieck "My office is grateful for the collaboration exhibited here.” The eatery serves Tex-Mex cuisine ranging from nachos and quesadillas to fajitas and enchiladas Jovanna joined Community Impact as a reporter in July 2023 She graduated from Sam Houston State University in December 2021 where she majored in mass communication with a focus in multiplatform journalism and a minor in creative writing and served as a writer for the campus newspaper 2024  /PRNewswire/ -- James Avery Artisan Jewelry a family-owned jewelry retailer based in Texas is pleased to announce the opening of its new store at Mont Belvieu Crossing The new store is located at 9217 Eagle Drive "We're excited to open our newest location in Mont Belvieu especially as the I-10 corridor continues to grow so rapidly," said Karina Dolgin chief product and revenue officer at James Avery "Mont Belvieu was recently named one of the fastest-growing cities in the Houston area and this new location will offer a convenient shopping experience for families in the area right across from Barber's Hill schools and near popular spots like HEB and TJ Maxx." and visitors are invited to register for a gift card giveaway During the grand opening celebration on Saturday there will be drawings for 30 James Avery gift cards valued at $50 the first 100 guests will receive a gift with purchase "Our team is thrilled to bring the timeless craftsmanship and care that James Avery is known for to Mont Belvieu," said Store Manager Vanessa AguirreNzang "We're looking forward to celebrating the upcoming Christmas season with our guests and helping them find meaningful gifts or treating themselves to our beautiful new designs." The store's hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday, 12 to 6 p.m. Store Manager Vanessa AguirreNzang and her team are ready to welcome customers to shop in the new store or use the Curbside Pickup or Buy Online, Pickup in Store options at JamesAvery.com About James Avery Artisan Jewelry®– James Avery is a vertically integrated family-owned company located in the heart of the Texas Hill Country We offer finely crafted jewelry designs for men and women in sterling silver James Avery jewelry is designed in the Texas Hill Country with more than 90 percent of our pieces crafted in Kerrville Texas using the finest materials sourced worldwide We are a multi-channel retailer with over 130 James Avery stores in four states Our jewelry is also available at JamesAvery.com over 250 Dillard's locations and at Dillards.com and at 37 Von Maur locations and VonMaur.com You can also find our designs at airport stores in Houston and Nashville as well as select Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) locations as well as @jamesaveryjewelry on TikTok for new releases Drawing Details Odds of winning depend on total number of entries received Thirty James Avery gift cards will be awarded: twenty-four $50 gift cards Entries accepted October 5 through October 12 Hourly drawings on October 12 between 11:00 a.m during the Grand Opening Celebration at the Mont Belvieu Crossing James Avery Artisan Jewelry store Winners not eligible to win a subsequent gift card in the same promotion Winners need not be present to win; however if prize is not claimed within 14 days of drawing prize will be awarded to an alternate winner Associates and immediate family members not eligible for this gift promotion James Avery Artisan Jewelry is honoring family and Texas nostalgia with a new seasonal collection—including a charming.. is thrilled to unveil its 2025 Valentine's Day Collection Jewelry Retail Household, Consumer & Cosmetics Corporate Expansion Do not sell or share my personal information: board members and friends cut the ribbon on their new building in the Midstream Business Park located at 2822 N Ashley Wells and Macie Schubert of the Mont Belvieu Area Chamber with members of US Congressman Brian Babin’s office delivering a proclamation Ashley Wells and Macie Schubert of the Mont Belvieu Area Chamber receiving a proclamation from Texas Senator Brandon Creighton’s office Ashley Wells and Macie Schubert of the Mont Belvieu Area Chamber receiving a proclamation from Susan LeBlanc of Texas Representative Terry Leo-Wilson’s office From left are Deputy City Manager Andy Rodgers Macie Schubert of the Mont Belvieu Area Chamber Mayor Joey McWilliams and City Manager Brian Winningham It wasn’t exactly Chamber of Commerce weather that greeted those who showed up for Thursday’s grand opening of the Mont Belvieu Area Chamber of Commerce’s new home But as Chamber President Macie Schubert stepped up to the microphone to open the ceremony she noted that the rain had stopped and said Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content Dave Rogers is managing editor of The Baytown Sun Email notifications are only sent once a day The rare Holly Jackson Outstanding Achievement Award was presented to Barbara Ponder by Board Member Holly Jackson Pictured from left are: Brandon Kiser of Texas Senator Brandon Creighton's office Susan LeBlanc of State Rep Terri Leo-Wilson's office Brittany Dennis of Congressman Brian Babin's office and Chamber Board Member Natalie Degler Kevin King gives up a $100 bill to Magician Ben Jackson Beach City Citizen/Volunteer of the Year Johnny Eversoll Will Carter of Congressman Brian Babin's office Brandon Kiser of Senator Brandon Creighton's office Mont Belvieu Area Chamber President Macie Schubert and Chamber Board Member Natalie Degier Mont Belvieu Citizen/Volunteer of the Year Jason Burclaw Old River Citizen/Volunteer of the Year Mary Massey MBAC Ambassador of the Year Veronica Artis MBAC Ambassador of the Year Veronica Artis acknowledge her fellow chamber ambassadors and the tough competition to win this award Business Professional of the Year Ted Keller of Targa Resources Tony Cooling and Shawn Sandefur of ONEOK accepted the Business of the Year award Tracy Newsom and Becki Parsons of All American T-Shirts & Graphics accepted the Small Business of the Year award Outgoing Chamber Director Melissa Dennis accepted an appreciation award Brittany Dennis of Congressman Brian Babin's office pictured with Brandon Kiser of Senator Brandon Creighton's office Outgoing Chamber Director Penny Durant of H-E-B was presented an appreciation award The newly created President's Award goes to Bryan Crismon of Targa Resources Mont Belvieu City Manager Brian Winningham and Mayor Joey McWilliams welcome Someburger to town with an official sign Owners Doug and Margaret Brown and their son Conner along with their parents Candace and Richard Brown Someburger employees were busy preparing meals and milkshakes for the hungry visitors at the grand opening of the Mont Belvieu restaurant joined in the celebration of Someburgers' new Mont Belvieu location  Friday had to be one of the most anticipated restaurant grand openings ever Guests were ordering their burgers even before the new Someburger restaurant in Mont Belvieu officially opened at 13407 Langston Blvd Exciting and grateful were the words most expressed by owners Doug and Margaret Brown Mont Belvieu Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed Firehouse Subs – Mont Belvieu to the area with a grand opening and ribbon cutting on Jan the restaurant is known for its quality and commitment to the community as can be noted by the beautiful mural on the wall of the establishment Mont Belvieu Area Chamber Ambassador Jamie Graves with Epique Realty Chamber Ambassador Veronica Artis with Coastline Also pictured Chamber Ambassadors Sidney Otto with Rollo Insurance Mont Belvieu Blythe Adam with Rave Financial Credit Union Chamber Board Member Gordon McCarley with Bruce Temporary Services Mont Belvieu Area Chamber of Commerce proudly welcomes Blue Hill Tobacco to the area with a grand opening and ribbon cutting on Friday they offer a relaxing environment for tobacco enthusiasts to gather consort and enjoy quality cigars tobacco pipes and accessories for tobacco enjoyment Pictured (center) are owners Jeremy and Brooke Franco along with Mont Belvieu Area Chamber of Commerce members a 125,000-barrel per day (bpd) natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionator in Mont Belvieu and the full looping of the West Texas NGL Pipeline system Oklahoma-based company said in a news release that the completion of MB-6 increases the company's fractionation capacity to more than one million bpd “reducing the need for third-party fractionation and enhancing ONEOK's ability to serve growing NGL market demand” The completion of the full looping of the West Texas NGL Pipeline system expands its capacity to 515,000 bpd which are expected to be completed in mid-2025 will further increase system capacity to 740,000 bpd "The completion of these important NGL projects demonstrates our dedication to meeting the needs of our customers by providing reliable midstream solutions," ONEOK President and CEO Pierce Norton II said "These strategic expansions provide critical NGL transportation and fractionation capacity supporting NGL growth across our integrated operations” ONEOK completed its acquisition of a system of natural gas liquids (NGL) pipelines from Easton Energy for approximately $280 million The transaction included approximately 450 miles of liquids products pipelines located in the strategic Gulf Coast market centers for NGLs ONEOK said it plans to connect the pipelines to its Mont Belvieu NGL infrastructure and ONEOK's Houston refined products and crude oil infrastructure "The closing of this strategic acquisition provides immediate earnings expands our natural gas liquids asset portfolio and accelerates ONEOK's ability to capture commercial synergies related to our recent acquisition of Magellan," Norton said "These new assets offer significant connectivity between critical Gulf Coast supply and demand centers” ONEOK announced it planned to purchase the remaining issued share capital of EnLink Midstream LLC which it recently took over from Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) it had closed the acquisition is for 43 percent of Enlink’s outstanding common units for $14.90 per unit and 100 percent of the interests in the managing member for $300 million for total cash consideration of approximately $3.3 billion Expected to conclude in the first quarter of 2025 the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions including approval by a majority of holders of outstanding EnLink common shares ONEOK also agreed to sell three natural gas pipelines with an aggregate capacity of 3.7 billion cubic feet a day (Bcfd) to DT Midstream Inc The transaction involves 1,300 miles of pipelines straddling seven states “in the attractive Midwest market region which is expected to experience continued growth in power demand” The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2024 or early 2025 ONEOK describes itself as a leading midstream operator that provides gathering Dozens arrested in two-month investigation The Mont Belvieu Police Department turned a look into a series of seemingly unrelated financial fraud cases into a two-month multi-agency investigation resulting in as many as 40 arrests of suspects as far away as Georgia and Illinois Mont Belvieu — A former Beaumont police officer turned police chief of Mont Belvieu is revealing details to KFDM/Fox 4 of a fraud case spanning three counties and leaving dozens of victims in its wake The investigation dubbed 'Operation Cash Back' broke the case wide open Mont Belvieu Police Chief Jimmy Ellison says investigators from his department and multiple agencies discovered 35 fraud victims in Harris The suspects are accused of making unauthorized wire transactions and stealing between $360,000 and $600,000 They recruited lower level participants who allowed the money to be laundered through their bank accounts Chief Ellison says there are four primary suspects including money laundering and engaging in organized criminal activity Three of the four are also charged with breach of computer security Their bonds are between $300,000 and $600,000 Investigators have frozen the bank accounts and say others could face charges in the case From Mont Belvieu Police Chief Jimmy Ellison: the Mont Belvieu Police Department began investigating a series of seemingly unrelated financial fraud cases where victims reported funds stolen from their bank accounts via unauthorized wire transactions led by the MBPD Criminal Investigations Division expanded to other regional law enforcement agencies when it was determined that other agencies were investigating similar cases Investigators eventually identified 35 individual fraud victims within the region spanning Mont Belvieu Combined losses of at least $360,000 have been confirmed and may reach up to a total of $600,000 in total funds stolen and laundered through other bank accounts Through a multi-agency investigation dubbed “OPERATION CASH BACK” and led by MBPD-CID investigators eventually identified four (4) key individuals as the primary suspects in this fraud scheme These individuals are believed to have recruited other persons and orchestrated the criminal activities in these cases “The scheme involved suspects who obtained victims' stolen financial data then used various online messaging apps to recruit other lower-level individual participants who allowed their legitimate bank accounts to be used to funnel stolen funds through,” explained Chief Jimmy Ellison of the Mont Belvieu Police Department a coordinated operation involving Mont Belvieu PD Chambers County District Attorney’s Office and the United States Marshal’s Service resulted in the execution of 40 separate search warrants for electronic devices and data related search warrants were also executed at two residences in McNair and Baytown Multiple arrests related to this ongoing investigation have occurred throughout Southeast Texas and as far away as Georgia and Illinois but due to the ongoing nature of this investigation and the potential for additional defendants to be identified MBPD is only identifying the four primary named suspects at this time In addition to the fraud-related evidence that was seized in this operation search warrants executed also resulted in the recovery and seizure of over $10,000 in cash tied to the scheme as well as assorted quantities of illegal drugs and controlled substances in possession of the defendants Multiple bank accounts used by suspects in the commission of these offenses have been frozen and investigators will continue to aggressively investigate these cases “Financial crimes like these are becoming far too common and growing more complex This multi-agency investigation serves as a testament to tenacious detective work and our invaluable local and federal partnerships that help bring justice to victims of these types of crimes We especially appreciate the partnership with Chambers County District Attorney Cheryl Lieck Henry and her staff for helping send the message that if you victimize someone in Chambers County they will have Happy hour all day and $5 kids meals The celebration special will run all week which is Fried catfish with Pontchartrain topping served over parmesan rice with asparagus Floyd’s Seafood Mont Belvieu lit up at night Julia & Ramon Martinez and Maria Landry 8 Floyd’s Seafood in Mont Belvieu will celebrate five years in Mont Belvieu This location is independently owned and operated by Ramon and Julia Martinez Then a chance of scattered thunderstorms overnight 26-foot diameter piece of Enterprise Products’ Fractionator 14 project was parked Tuesday at the south intersection of Interstate 10 and Farm Road 3180 halfway between a Cedar Bayou dock in Baytown and its destination at Enterprise’s Mont Belvieu plant a 180-foot long and 26 feet in diameter piece of Enterprise Products’ Fractionator 14 project is prepared to leave the dock alongside Cedar Bayou Monday night for a two-night 13-mile trip to the company’s Mont Belvieu location Several of the dozen or so motorcycle officers tasked with traffic control for this week’s move of a 180-foot long tower from Baytown to Enterprise Products’ Mont Belvieu plant prepare to head out Monday night After two long nights with a definitely heavy haul – 1.4 million pounds – Enterprise Products’ new 180-foot long deisobutanizer tower (DIB) finished up its 13-mile trip from a dock on Cedar Bayou in Baytown to the company’s Mont Belvieu plant on State Highway 146 Wednesday The DIB tower is associated with Enterprise’s Fractionator 14 (Frac 14) project the 13th fractionator to be built at the Mont Belvieu complex Trader’s Corner, a weekly partnership with Cost Management Solutions analyzes propane supply and pricing trends examines the current propane forward price curve Catch up on last week’s Trader’s Corner here: Trading versus hedging in propane futures When we see a propane forward price curve like in Chart 1 it is obvious there is something amiss in the market this is the current Mont Belieu ETR propane forward price curve April 2025 MB ETR propane is 13.25 cents higher than May and it is 17.75 cents above Conway April propane the October 2025 to March 2026 propane price average is slightly inflated The values set for the two winters after that aren’t bad Something is obviously out of balance in the supply/demand equation We are going to try and solve the unknown in this equation and see if we can come up with an answer We will start on the supply side of the equation to see if the numbers are low there Energy Information Administration (EIA) collects data on propane production and imports The other is natural gas plant field production which accounts for about 90 percent of supply If one or both supply streams are having problems it could cause a short-term shortage in the market Given that the high price is contained to April it appears traders believe whatever ails the market is short term in nature Propane production is down in the last couple of weeks but is equal to this time last year and near the five-year high The problem is not that oil and gas wells and refiners are not producing propane So there should be plenty of propane upstream of the fractionators we are not going to provide a chart on propane imports Imports are a relatively small part of supply running at only 99,000 barrels per day (bpd) That is equivalent to the five-year average for week 15 of the year Conclusion: Propane imports are not the problem Even though supply is getting to the fractionators propane inventories took a sudden nosedive last week That wouldn’t really cause overall inventory to go down because the inventories upstream of fractionators would be included inventories upstream of the fractionators would see a corresponding increase and a build in overall inventories would likely occur But overall inventories went down 1.284 million barrels Propane inventories upstream of the fractionators only increased 319,000 barrels So only about 45,000 bpd of propane accumulated upstream of the fractionators Refineries make about 250,000 bpd of propane Total propane production last week was 2.744 million bpd That means fractionators made 2.494 million bpd of spec propane while breaking down Y-grade That means fractionators processed 98.2 percent of the propane that hit the Y-grade caverns upstream of them It would seem fractionators are not the problem That means the imbalance in the equation is not on the supply side The imbalance must be created on the demand side ready-for-sale propane inventories downstream of the fractionators declined 1.603 million bpd That means demand exceeded 2.494 million bpd of fractionated propane plus 250,000 bpd of spec propane from refiners and 99,000 bpd of propane imports (total 2.843 million bpd) and still needed to draw 229,000 bpd from spec propane inventories That is a lot of demand for a week ending April 11 What makes all of this even more perplexing is that during the same week last year ready-for-sale propane inventories increased 1.667 million barrels during the week ending April 12 That is a 3.27-million-barrel swing year-to-year in the ready-for-sale propane inventory for the 15th week of the year Now look at the difference in demand between the week ending April 12 last year and April 11 this year in Chart 3 That is a 777,000-bpd difference in demand year-over-year between the same weeks of the year Both domestic and export demand contributed Domestic demand was 386,000 bpd more than the same week last year and export demand was 391,000 bpd more than the same week last year Because there is a lot of weekly volatility in demand we usually look at it on a four-week average Chart 4 is the same chart of total demand using the four-week average Using the four-week average shows just a 175,000-bpd difference in demand for the 15th week of the year The four-week average does show a surge in demand back during the winter storm demand has been trending largely like it did last year Even though we balanced the equation when looking specifically at the numbers reported by the EIA for the week ending April 11 it is hard to understand the answer to our question Why would both domestic and export demand be so much higher from one year to the next We have also speculated that buyers of U.S propane for export could be buying a lot in April trying to get cargoes delivered before their country imposes tariffs on the United States and that could be an explanation for the dramatic year-over-year change But where is all of the domestic demand during week 15 of the year coming from with ready-for-sale propane inventories 9.719 million barrels (32.5 percent) behind last year getting a grip on what is causing it is slippery the 1.603-million-barrel draw in ready-for-sale inventory for last week is inflated and probably should not be carrying the weight in the market it appears to have Complex equations like this are why we were force-promoted to a new grade each year after the seventh grade It is little wonder that our answer is still lacking All charts courtesy of Cost Management Solutions To subscribe to LP Gas’ weekly Trader’s Corner e-newsletter, click here subscribe to LP Gas to receive more articles just like it XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong> Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" “Mattress Mack,” owner of Gallery Furniture says retirement is not in the cards for him My people are my customers,” said Mattress Mack He joked with members of the Mont Belvieu Area Chamber this week that he may bring a store to Mont Belvieu If attendance at the membership luncheon and small business expo held at Hilton Garden Inn was indicative of the growth in the area There are no statistics available for this player ©2018 McNeese State University Athletics Thanks for visiting The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here Texas (KTRK) - Investigators say 40 people have been arrested in several states accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from dozens of people Mont Belvieu Police started the investigation and said the suspects allegedly used stolen data from the dark web.The investigation was dubbed "Operation Cash Back." Mont Belvieu police say they know of 35 residents in our area who are victims of this scheme The victims in this case weren't tricked into clicking on something online or giving out their bank passwords They just woke up one day to see money missing from their accounts Police started working on the case in June when they realized a trend with the fraud reports found other local departments were working similar cases and then connected the dots to determine a local group of people were responsible Some suspects lived as far away as Georgia and Illinois 25; Jayson Gipson 20; and Lajewel McGilbray They have all been charged with money laundering and engaging in organized criminal activity Police say the suspects got financial information off the dark web that came from data breaches and used it to wire money out of people's accounts the total amount of stolen money ranges between $360,000 to $600,000 Other suspects were arrested for letting the ring leaders funnel stolen money through their bank accounts they start making wire transfers out of the victim's bank accounts they have to transfer that money into a clean account and that's where they began recruiting other people," said Mont Belvieu Police Chief Jimmy Ellison Most of the other people arrested were friends and family of the ringleaders while others were recruited through social media Help Control Symptoms With These Air Purifiers We recognize our responsibility to use data and technology for good We may use or share your data with our data vendors The Weather Channel is the world's most accurate forecaster according to ForecastWatch, Global and Regional Weather Forecast Accuracy Overview Show Breaking News BarCloseLocal NewsChristian Terry MONT BELVIEU Texas – Multiple arrests have been made in connection to a bank fraud investigation led by the Mont Belvieu Police Department The department said the investigation into a series of seemingly unrelated financial fraud cases started in June 2024 where victims reported funds stolen from their bank accounts via unauthorized wire transactions The investigation expanded to include other regional law enforcement agencies when it was determined that other agencies were investigating similar cases and Liberty County were identified by investigators and the combined losses suffered by those victims are at least $350,000 Mont Belvieu police say losses may reach up to a total of $600,000 in total funds stolen and laundered through other bank accounts dubbed “Operation Cash Back,” led to authorities identifying four primary suspects in the scheme Investigators say they believe the four suspects recruited other people into the scheme and orchestrated it “The scheme involved suspects who obtained victims stolen financial data then used various online messaging apps to recruit other lower-level individual participants who allowed their legitimate bank accounts to be used to funnel stolen funds through,” explained Chief Jimmy Ellison of the Mont Belvieu Police Department and the United States Marshal’s Service have executed 40 search warrants for electronic devices and data in the past week as part of the investigation Investigators also searched two homes in McNair and Baytown The department said multiple arrests have been made throughout Southeast Texas and as far away as Georgia and Illinois “Due to the ongoing nature of this investigation and the potential for additional defendants to be identified MBPD is only identifying the four (4) primary named suspects at this time,” the department said Over $10,000 in cash as well as illegal drugs have also been seized as part of the investigation Multiple bank accounts investigators say were used in the scheme have also been frozen Sign up for breaking news from across the Houston area Copyright 2024 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved Christian Terry covered digital news in Tyler and Wichita Falls before returning to the Houston area where he grew up He is passionate about weather and the outdoors and often spends his days off on the water fishing TV Listings Email Newsletters RSS Feeds Contests and Rules Contact Us Meet the Team Careers at KPRC Closed Captioning / Audio Description Public File Current EEO Report Terms of Use Privacy Policy Do Not Sell My Info FCC Applications Copyright © 2025 Click2Houston.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group Read Today’s Top Story: The Truth About Houston Agents 2025 McGrath Real Estate Partners recently broke ground on phase two of its 1,500-acre Riceland master-planned community in Mont Belvieu 138-acre phase will include the Lakehouse Recreation Center and the development of Sweetgum Park Riceland will hold its official grand opening for the public on Sept. 21. Nine model homes by Chesmar Homes, David Weekley Homes Highland Homes and Perry Homes will be open for viewing has 417 completed home lots and 85 homes under construction The community will also have 30 miles of trails which will incorporate Mont Belvieu City Hall and a newly opened fire station Canada-based Trez Capital provided $40 million in financing for the second phase It also provided the financing for phase one “We’re eager to begin two exciting new amenities for the community and to continue collaborating with the City of Mont Belvieu on developing a city-wide path and trail system that will enhance walkability and continue to build on the community-focused lifestyle Riceland has to offer,” McGrath Vice President Randy Hopper said in a press release and website in this browser for the next time I comment Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited Catch up on last week’s Trader’s Corner here: US propane inventories highest ever we will look at a current anomaly in Mont Belvieu and how it will force us to fine-tune our propane swaps in the future to make them cleaner let’s do an addendum to last week’s Trader’s Corner We began last week’s article with the following: In last week’s Trader’s Corner we presented our case that the draw on inventories three weeks ago was likely due to unusual circumstances that inventory builds had gotten back on track and that conditions were such that builds would likely continue for a while longer we imagined several more weeks of smaller builds that cumulatively might take inventories to a new record What we did not foresee is the massive 3.366-million-barrel build just reported by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) in its Weekly Petroleum Status Report for the week ending October 11 that in one fell swoop would take inventories to an all-time high the EIA reported an equally surprising inventory draw of 1.369 million barrels industry analysts were expecting a 1.57-million-barrel build We think it is highly probable that this week’s drop was a bit of a correction to last week’s unusually high build The average over the two weeks would be about a million-barrel-per-week build We think that is more likely what took place despite the 1.369-million-barrel draw reported in the last report we would not be surprised if inventories were reported as building again in the next EIA report In September and October, Mont Belvieu had a very unusual pricing situation There are three pricing points at the Mont Belvieu ETR prices came under extreme downward pricing pressure starting in September when it was learned that planned maintenance at Energy Transfer’s Nederland NGL export terminal would not be completed before the end of the month. At one point in intraday trade, ETR was priced at 19 cents below ENT during September The first assumption was that pricing relationships would return to normal at the month’s change There was a significant improvement in the spread at that point it was discovered that Nederland had propane compressor issues at restart the assumption was that spreads would return to normal when the compressor issue was resolved The market participants we talked to believed that the compressor issues were resolved yet the price spreads never returned to normal we justified the continued spread as likely because Energy Transfer was awash with propane and ENT and TAR were tight as spot buyers went to them while ETR was down We made that argument because ETR is trading at 41 percent of crude That was not the case in September when ETR was priced as low as 31 percent of crude the spread widened because Mont Belvieu ETR prices were being pushed down the spread is wider because Mont Belvieu ENT and TAR prices are being pushed up But with the spread widening more dramatically recently it became obvious that something was still wrong We are now hearing that Nederland is loading at reduced rates That is likely forcing buyers who expected to ship products in October to sell in October and buy in November thus keeping ETR October prices from rising buyers who need product quickly are forced to Mont Belvieu ETR and TAR The chart below shows the price spread between the two primary Mont Belvieu pricing points of ETR and ENT over the last year to illustrate the unusual nature of the current situation (Chart courtesy of Cost Management Solutions) This event has highlighted the importance of ensuring swaps and physical buys are more closely aligned if a retailer is buying physical supply from Enterprise it is important that swaps be settled against Mont Belvieu ENT most swaps have settled against TET propane That probably works okay 95 percent of the time even if a retailer’s physical propane is bought at Enterprise posting or a Mont Belvieu ENT index since the spread between the pricing points is generally narrow and their price movement in tandem In the rare Mont Belvieu pricing situation currently happening a retailer buying physical supply from Enterprise but holding a swap settling against Mont Belvieu ETR is getting hurt Because ETR is priced so much lower than ENT a swap based on ETR is not doing what it is supposed to which is offset by the changes in the value of the physical supply bought by the retailer It would be better if a retailer that has indexed their physical supply off ENT or buys at Enterprise’s posting also bases their swap settlements against ENT a propane retailer might have the option to buy from several suppliers It is not inconceivable to have physical supply contracts based on both ENT and ETR propane Let’s say a retailer plans to physically buy 100,000 gallons of propane from Enterprise at a specific pipeline location indexed to Mont Belvieu ENT’s price next month a retailer plans to buy another 100,000 gallons from a different supply at the same terminal indexed to Mont Belvieu ETR the retailer may have done all their swaps against those physical buys based on one of the pricing points or the other a retailer in that situation would be better served in the future by having some swaps settled against MB ETR and some settled at MB ENT The term “basis risk” is used to describe the possibility that prices of propane at two physical points or two pricing points might be different. In the Sept. 30 Trader’s Corner, we talked about removing unknowns from pricing by buying on an indexed price basis rather than posting the margin the wholesaler charges can vary If the retailer buys at a price based on a fixed differential to the hub basis the risk is reduced by correcting the margin the wholesaler receives basis risk could be created by physically buying propane based off one pricing point and doing swaps settling against another pricing point The way for a retailer to eliminate that basis risk is to make sure that the swap settles against the same pricing point that his physical supply cost is based upon the retailer creates a cleaner hedge more likely to perform as expected Call Cost Management Solutions today for more information about how client services can enhance your business at 888-441-3338 or drop us an email at info@propanecost.com looks ahead at propane prices in the new year and beyond and explains the relationship between propane and crude oil Catch up on last week’s Trader’s Corner here: Top 10: The best of Trader’s Corner 2024 The primary purpose of this Trader’s Corner is to let propane buyers know that the best value for propane is further into the future The chart below shows the price of propane for the current month and 35 months out Any propane buyer can lock in these future prices using swaps so it’s easy to see where the value resides Mont Belvieu ETR propane buyers can lock in swaps to cover the months of October 2026 through March 2027 at an average of around 69.75 cents and the start of the following winter at 68.125 cents That price is about 9 to 10 cents better than what the winter months have averaged over the last 10 years we won’t know if propane price protection acquired at those prices for that time period will be a good buy until those months have come and gone we do know that buying so much below the long-term average greatly increases the chances that it will be a good price so Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and see you next time do lots of imagining and get into the details of why that opportunity above exists imagine that propane is crude oil’s little brother Little brother admires big brother and likes to do what big brother does If you plot the movements of the two brothers you will find that little brother follows the movements of big brother closely most of the time Little brother has averaged 43 percent of the value of big brother this year Occasionally other things get the attention of little brother Little brother’s value has ranged from 31 percent to 54 percent of big brother’s value this year But establishing the median value of little brother shows he doesn’t wander off for too long Now that you are absolutely convinced of this strong bond between propane and crude so what makes him wander off from big brother are bright attention-getting things right in front of him any separation between the brothers is generally in the nearby months the more crude influences the price of propane propane prices well into the future are more closely reflecting the crude values plotted above Let’s do some more imagining to understand how the crude prices above get established You go down to the crude restaurant owned by the crude producer you note that all the tables are full of other U.S You walk to the counter and ask the producer if he has crude and he says What will you have?” You are very hungry and ask for 10,000 barrels of crude You gladly pay the man because you’re starving the crude producer knows it might not be as busy next month He knows he has plenty of crude on the way and offers you a gift card if you want to lock in your price for next month You say you will wait since you are mostly interested in what you need today I will give a discount on the gift card – 10,000 barrels at $69.50.” You agree The producer realizes you aren’t really interested in the crude you will need further out but has established that you have a hard time passing up a bargain so he offers a gift card for the next month at $69 and so on and so forth You walk out with a pocket full of gift cards with each one giving you 10,000 barrels of crude at a slightly lower price Those gift cards are the equivalent of a swap and the producer is happy because he can make plenty of profit even at the discounted price of the gift cards You and the crude producer have just created a backwardated price curve like the one above for the crude you will buy this is what the price curve for crude most often resembles there are good values for propane further out as well let’s say you use all of your gift cards and return to the restaurant You note that most of the tables are empty and he agrees it is slow and says he has an all-you-can-get deal for $65 per barrel so you offer to buy next month’s crude at $65 per barrel The producer says he thinks it will be busier that month and you offer $65.50 per barrel and the producer (who really isn’t sure it will be busier) agrees You follow the same pattern and leave with a pocket full of gift cards each with a slightly higher price than the preceding month But you feel even the highest price you paid is a good bargain the price structure you have established for your crude is the opposite of the chart above The price structure where the price is higher with each subsequent month is called a contango price structure This can happen when the market is oversupplied the assumption is generally going to be that whatever is causing the oversupply will be resolved in the future The inventories are not low enough to cause a run-up in prices since crude production is high and there is a lot of spare production capacity there is an expectation that crude will remain oversupplied in 2025 The current tightness in inventories is why the value for the winter of 2025-26 is not as good as the further-out winters propane buyers need to understand the relationship between crude and propane and understand the impact of the crude forward price curve on propane’s price They also need to understand what factors impact crude’s future price and lead to the different pricing structures we have discussed They need to monitor the impact these factors have on crude’s forward curve because that will ultimately be reflected in propane prices Hope it’s been a great year and the next will be even better West Chambers County Pilot Club Past President/Director Linda Polk with 2025 “Cruising the 50s on The Hill” Gala Bronze Sponsor Chamber County Constable Ben L “Cruising the 50s on the Hill” Gala Bronze Sponsor Lisa Dagle Bean hands a check to West Chambers County Pilot Club Past President/Director Linda Polk will hold its annual fundraising gala on Saturday The theme of this year’s Gala is “Cruising the 50s on the Hill” For more information, contact W.C.C.P.C. at P.O. 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Copyright © 2025 FactSet Research Systems Inc.© 2025 TradingView Catch up on last week’s Trader’s Corner here: Imbalances between propane production, export capacity concerning linking the government of Iraq with weapons of mass destruction “Reports that say that something hasn’t happened are always interesting to me there are known knowns; there are things we know we know We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries it is the latter category that tends to be the difficult ones.” Propane retailers wanting or needing to lock in propane prices for the future may relate to Rumsfeld’s statement. In this Trader’s Corner, we will try and capture some things we know as propane buyers and some things we may not know now but could, thus reducing the number of unknowns to one. There could still be unknown unknowns, as Rumsfeld famously refers to them but we must deal with those should they become known Retailers know they have customers who will demand propane from them in the future retailers probably have a feel for the minimum and maximum volumes they are likely to sell but they can’t know exactly how much they will sell in the future The best way to deal with the unknown volume is not to overbuy Hedging and price protection should be calculated beginning with the lowest potential sales volume Retailers know the current price of propane for not only the current month but also three years out Chart 1: Mont Belvieu – ETR – September 2024 through August 2027 (Courtesy of Cost Management Solutions) Chart 1 is a recent forward price curve for propane These were known prices based on the buying-selling activity at that moment and a propane buyer could have bought propane at around those prices for each month shown at that time Without any future price protection from swaps a retailer has little idea what he will pay for propane when his customers demand it at some point in the future To make it easy to follow the points we want to make in this Trader’s Corner let’s focus on the price of propane for just one month propane was valued at 78 cents when Chart 1 was captured Let’s say a retailer did a 50,000-gallon swap at that price namely his cost for the 50,000 gallons of propane that he expects his customers to demand in January 2025 What the actual market price for propane will be in January 2025 is still unknown and will remain so until January comes and goes Succinctly, a propane retailer has created a known supply cost in Mont Belvieu, Texas, on 50,000 gallons of January 2025 propane using a swap to offset market price movements Retailers also know that the price of propane in their tank is valued higher than the price of propane at Mont Belvieu They see the difference as related to two things: transportation costs and the wholesale margin the physical supplier adds to the propane for its services They are two pieces to the transportation part The first is what the pipeline company will charge to move the propane from Mont Belvieu to the terminal up the line that a trucking company uses to get the retailer his physical propane What the pipeline company charges to move products along its pipeline is called a tariff The tariff is known or is at least knowable Pipeline companies are required to publish their tariffs so any user of its line will know exactly what it costs to move propane from Mont Belvieu Let’s say a retailer looks up the tariff to the terminal where he will send the trucking company to pick up his physical supply and finds it is 8 cents per gallon The swap buyer knows that no matter what the price of propane actually is in January the swap he owns will offset market movements resulting in cost of supply of 78 cents on 50,000 gallons He knows the cost of getting the propane to the terminal is 8 cents Another piece of the pricing puzzle at the terminal is unknown That is the amount the physical supplier will add to the propane for his margin Physical suppliers will post propane for sale at a certain delivery point Unless the retailer knows both the price of propane at Mont Belvieu when he has the propane lifted and the tariff he will have no idea what margin the wholesaler has added propane retailers can change that unknown into a known Perhaps propane wholesalers add 2 to 5 cents margin It would be preferable to negotiate what is known as an index contract with the physical supplier that fixes the margin amount The price paid on an index contract is indexed against the hub price connected to the pipeline terminal Let’s say the physical supplier and retailer negotiate an index contract that fixes the wholesaler margin at 3 cents The pipeline tariff from the hub is 8 cents in our example That makes the difference between the hub and the pipeline terminal 11 cents An example of an indexed contract would be the propane retailer paying the daily average for Mont Belvieu TET propane on the day of lifting (the index) plus 11 cents (the fixed differential) The retailer and wholesaler might agree on a different index for example using the monthly average instead of the daily average or using a different pricing point like Mont Belvieu non-TET propane rather than Mont Belvieu TET eliminating another unknown is important for the retailer by fixing the wholesale margin amount The last leg of the pricing is the transportation from the pipeline terminal to the retailer’s tank a retailer would negotiate a long-term freight rate let’s assume the freight is negotiated and fixed at 5 cents per gallon over the next year Adding the freight to the fixed pipeline terminal differential is 16 cents making the differential between Mont Belvieu or Conway and the retailer’s tank a known 16 cents A buffer might need to be built into the freight amount especially when quoting customers a fixed price further out to cover possible increases in the rate a retailer still has no idea what the price of propane will be in January 2025 that is destined to remain unknown until January has come and gone and the monthly average for January 2025 can be calculated He knows he has the same favored physical supplier he has been using which allocates and moves propane up the line to the pipeline terminal he is familiar with using He also has a favored trucking company that will move propane from the terminal to his tank He knows what he is going to be charged for those services This process of moving propane through the supply chain and the cost of doing so is known as the physical side of the transaction He knows that he has a 50,000-gallon swap with a strike price of 78 cents in the hub of Mont Belvieu The activity surrounding the swap is known as the financial side of the transaction and functions independently of the physical transaction one offsets the other to provide a known cost of supply The retailer knows that when January arrives his physical supplier is going to charge him whatever the daily average for Mont Belvieu propane was on the day of lifting plus 11 cents and that the trucking company is going to move it into his tank for 5 more cents He knows that no matter what the actual price of propane is in January his swap is going to offset the changes in the cost of the physical propane bought such that the price paid is 78 cents + 16 cents to that price and fix a January sales price to his customer at $1.94 a hedge is completed that establishes and protects the retailer’s margin All the pricing components downstream of Mont Belvieu are now known and the physical supply will price against that Mont Belvieu price so it makes for a clean hedge (minimum number of variances between the physical and financial side of the transactions) The retailer has a swap with a known fixed strike price a known pipeline tariff and wholesaler margin Propane prices are unlikely to remain where they were on the day the swap was set let’s look at what happens when propane prices go up which is what the retailer wanted to protect his customers from We can focus on the price movement at Mont Belvieu since all the rest is fixed Let’s assume that when January is in the books the price of propane averaged 90 cents at Mont Belvieu The physical supplier will invoice the retailer 12 cents higher than what the sales price of $1.94 above was built upon Yet the retailer will only receive $1.94 from his customer the physical side of the transaction will yield just an 88 cents margin to the retailer The retailer bought a swap with a strike price of 78 cents he will receive the difference between the 78-cent strike and the monthly average for January Mont Belvieu propane The retailer will get a 12 cents-per-gallon payment on 50,000 gallons of propane combined with the 88 cents made on the physical transaction which was exactly what the retailer priced and budgeted against If propane prices fall and average 70 cents in January the retailer will make $1.08 on the physical side of the transaction he will be obligated to pay 8 cents on the financial side (swap) He will use the 8 cents extra margin made on the fixed-priced sale to the customer to cover this swap obligation returning the margin on the combined physical and financial transactions to $1 which is just what was priced and budgeted against The example above is a true hedge because the supply costs and the sales price were both known and established If the sales side is not established and the swap position is taken it is no longer a hedge; it is speculation the sale to the customer does not protect the retailer from falling prices Removing that one known completely changes the complexion of the situation If the retailer could establish the supply side at a very favorable number he may know he can hold his retail price up even if the market falls essentially it should be viewed as the sale side being set as well whether the retailer has a customer committed to the gallons or not The retailer should see it as committing to a sale at $1.94 whether to a customer that has agreed to it in advance or will call for it in January If the retailer does not do so and lowers the sales price in the future we cannot eliminate the unknown of what propane will be traded for in the future We might be able to make some educated guesses Other than some smaller variances in how the physical and financial sides of these transactions operate we can know the other important components that allow the retailer to change an unknown cost of supply into a known one A searchable database of oil and gas debt and equity offerings Prices for top E&P stocks and commodities Rextag database of energy infrastructure assets The $1.75 billion ONEOK-MPLX deal reflects how midstream companies are going big in the petrochemicals sector ONEOK and MPLX have entered into definitive agreements to form joint ventures to construct a large-scale 400,000-bbl/d LPG export terminal in Texas City and a 24-inch pipeline from the Mont Belvieu facility to the new terminal A lot of the energy industry’s attention over the last two years has focused on natural gas coming out of the Permian there was so much natural gas that producers had to pay to have it taken away Then, the Matterhorn pipeline opened and other gas pipeline projects reached a final investment decision More Gulf Coast LNG production came online AI data center demand exploded out of seemingly nowhere natural gas dominated most of the major talks a few midstream companies have steadily built interconnected facilities for another segment of the market—NGL In early February, ONEOK and MPLX announced a $1.75 billion deal to construct a new 400,000 bbl/d LPG export terminal in Texas City and a new 24-inch pipeline from ONEOK’s Mont Belvieu The move was a culmination of a years-long effort and made ONEOK and MPLX “full-fledged members of the elite ‘wellhead-to-water club,’” as RBN analyst Housley Carr put it in an examination of the deal The two midstream companies joined four others—Enterprise Products Partners, Energy Transfer, Targa Resources and Phillips 66—that can boast ownership of a complete NGL supply and transport chain “We are excited to collaborate with MPLX on these strategically located projects which expand and extend our NGL value chain providing additional optionality and value to our customers,” said Pierce H during the company’s first-quarter earnings call following the deal in February “Given our high expectations for future growth and demand for more energy infrastructure these projects with MPLX complement our disciplined capital allocation strategy.” A complete NGL production and transport network stands out in an era when companies in the crude natural gas and LNG segments still prefer specialization have been able to take advantage by combining assets they already own to make and market products that often slip under the radar Norton said “wellhead to water” is a logical outcome of forces in the NGL market if there’s any growth at all in propane demand in this country domestically “All this propane that’s going to come with the movement of additional natural gas You’re going to need to clear your barrels somewhere.” that means building LPG export facilities in Texas City “When you look at the 7 billion or so people in the world who don’t live like we do one simple solution is just starting with how we cook,” he said because you can get the propane over on a ship and then start driving it around with trucks “That’s a lot easier than moving it around with pipelines.” NGLs are the components of natural gas separated from the gas that comes out of wells The natural gas used by utilities is primarily methane Midstream companies generally own processing plants that can separate out the other chemicals—ethane isobutane and pentanes plus—all of which can be marketed together or separately Ethane is one of the market’s drivers and is used as a petrochemical feedstock in the production of ethylene Propane is used as an easily portable and storable fuel for heating and cooking Butane is part of LPG and is also used as fuel for heating but also serves as a propellant in aerosol products It is used as a diluent for heavy crude oil such as that produced in the Canadian oil sands All of the different uses for chemicals extracted from one source (natural gas production) have created a growing global market Allied Market Research valued the global NGL market at about $18 billion and projected it would reach $28.5 billion by 2030 growing at a compound annual growth rate of 5.4% In 2024, S&P Global projected an increase of more than $21 billion by 2029 pushing the value closer to $40 billion with a CAGR of 6.7% the market continues to be driven by low-cost supplies against rapid urbanization and industrialization and a rising need for space heating across the globe according to a report from Market Research Future midstream operators with the required access to capital spent much of 2023 and 2024 in a “knifefight” for NGL barrels ethane and ethylene export projects are underway along the Gulf Coast NGL production and generally flat domestic demand,” wrote RBN analyst Kristen Holmquist in November 2024 “Wellhead to water” describes all facilities from the processing plants treating natural gas in the Permian to the NGL pipelines to the fractionation plants in Mont Belvieu to the export terminals for purity products Having that kind of control over a product provides midstream operators with some major advantages in efficiency and gives them the ability to collect fees from shippers at each step in the process Targa Resources spent much of the last two years building up its NGL infrastructure the company added two Permian processing plants and two additional NGL fractionators Targa also put its Daytona NGL pipeline in service during third-quarter 2024 The result was a national production record. In January, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported NGL production averaged about 7.23 MMbbl/d in October 2024 That figure exceeded October 2023 average output by 200,000 bbl/d During its fourth-quarter earnings call in February Targa announced three new NGL projects: the Delaware Express pipeline a new 150,000 bbl/d NGL fractionator at Mont Belvieu and expansion of LPG export capacity to 19 MMbbl a month at Galena Park “We are also in a position to deliver significant growth in 2026 and beyond with four new Permian G&P plants coming online in 2026 driving significant NGL volume growth through our downstream assets,” Targa CEO Matt Meloy told investors The ONEOK-MPLX deal in February was the result of a yearslong effort including several gas processing plants in the Rockies and the Midcontinent NGL pipeline systems including West Texas NGL and ElkCreek which made up the majority of 1 MMbbl/d of fractionation capacity ONEOK also owned 30 MMbbl of salt-cavern storage for its products Executives said finding the right assets in the right places was key to finally closing the circle on its system ONEOK executive vice president and chief commercial officer The location of the export dock site in Texas City was a huge advantage for the joint venture (JV) “We have access to the open waters,” Swords said “We’re within open waters at this location significantly better than the other docks in the area We’re next to [Marathon Petroleum’s] refinery where we have a lot of other infrastructure there That greatly reduces the cost of this venture the location to our NGL system and storage where we easily can be able to get our products into the dock as we go there.” Norton referred to ONEOK’s purchase of the Easton Energy midstream NGL system in the Southeast Texas area in 2024 the deal stood out from other midstream acquisitions which had been focused on production areas in the Permian “The Easton acquisition was really important to us because it connected Mont Belvieu facilities—the fractionation and storage—and it connected that over to East Houston MPLX has been an active partner in the JV on its side The company has continued building gas processing capabilities in the Permian the company put two new plants in service and hit record throughput on its network MPLX changed the name of the gathering and processing segment from G&P to Natural Gas and NGL Services “The deal is the next big move in the race to control Permian NGLs expanding MPLX’s reach to export docks on the Texas coast,” Renton said in an analysis told investors the growth trends in NGLs require a continued emphasis on facilities has got a very large petrochemical footprint,” he said as we continue to build out this project and look at incremental opportunities between that partnership we believe that there is a roadmap for some pretty substantial growth opportunities there I think the combination … has a lot of growth potential in the NGL platform.” This conversation is moderated according to Hart Energy community rules. 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