Korea's SK Gas to Import Shale Gas Based LPG from US

South Korea’s SK Gas is working on importing LPG made from US shale gas. 

“We are pushing ahead with the propane dehydrogenation (PDH) business in which LPG is one of the essentials and plan to adopt US shale gas-based LPG for the new business,” said an official of SK Gas Sunday, MK News reported.

The imports are expected to start sometime after 2014, when the expansion of Panama Canal is completed, the news report said quoting the official.

But SK Gas said specific details including a size and timing of its PDH business are yet to be finalized.