The U.S. just reached a new milestone in exporting a fossil fuel that doesn't get a ton of attention: Butane. 

Newly released data show exports set a record last year. 

While many Americans may think of butane as lighter fluid, it can be used as a cooking fuel or an ingredient in high-octane blended gasoline. 

Most of the butane the U.S. is shipping overseas is heading to Africa and Asia, where countries like Morocco, Indonesia and India have subsidies in place to encourage its usage as a cleaner way to prepare food than wood or charcoal.

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At a time when global energy dynamics are shifting,this keeps the U.S. competitive in the global energy market👏

Good read, thank you. It didn’t strike me that butane is one of the components of LPG used in India.

Noticed that! Butane exports hitting record highs is definitely an interesting milestone.