The International Market Highlight for January 29, 2026, features news from the US about the Federal Reserve and increasing crude; while Canada and India strengthened their energy partnership; Mexico made brief changes to LPG price caps; and Venezuela has its first seaborne LPG cargo since 2023.
In December 2025, we began a journey through the decades of India’s transforming energy market. Part One examined the "Kitchen Revolution," following the path from firewood and biomass to widespread use of LPG. Part Two takes a look at the energy journey to provide heat in a warming climate.
The International Market Highlight for January 22, 2026, focuses on dropping butane prices in the US; Brazil’s investment in its LPG transport fleet; Mexico’s Pemex regaining LPG dominance; and Venezuela’s historic signing of its first LPG export contract.
The start of a new year tends to bring on predictions about what you can expect in the future. At Westlark Advisors, we don’t want to disappoint, so we thought we would come up with a few predictions regarding the propane (LPG) market for 2026.
This week’s International Market Highlight focuses on flexible steam cracking in Asia, continuing challenges in the Venezuelan LPG market, and OPEC’s expectation that global oil demand will continue to rise.
In 2025, we expanded our focus to include international market news for propane and LPG. This year, we are going a step further. Each week, Westlark will provide an International Market Highlight pulled from our weekly report – the International Buzz!
2025 is now known as the "year of the tariff." We don’t yet know what 2026 will bring but based on a couple of events that took place over the last few weeks, we would like to suggest a theme.
India’s fuel revolution took place over decades. Through policies and infrastructure investment, India’s government has worked to create a Kitchen Revolution, transitioning people away from using biomass toward cleaner fuels like LPG, with the ultimate goal of eliminating combustion altogether.
This December, Westlark Advisors wraps up our 2025 Current Events series. Many of our Current Events posts this year focused on the impact of tariffs on the global economy. Today, we want to discuss how recent changes are bringing about a growing global integration in the propane/LPG markets.
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