305:. The Energy & Minerals Group (EMG), established in Houston by John T. Raymond in 2006, is co-developing the 10 million ton per year ethane port. Construction is to be completed by 2020. When this port is completed, Houghtaling expects to export more than 7.2 million tons of ethane from this port to China annually which is double the total United States exports of ethane in 2017.
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