The strong growth was due to an overall rise in natural gas output from Canada last year, which led to greater production volumes of natural gas liquids such as propane and butane, the regulator said.
Canada currently has two marine propane export terminals located on the west coast of British Columbia. Two additional export terminals are under development – the Ridley Island Energy Export Facility, a joint project by Calgary-based AltaGas and Dutch multinational Royal Vopak – and Trigon Pacific LPG, led by Trigon Pacific Terminals.