Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Enterprise Products Partners LP (Houston) said April 6 it had completed an expansion project at its LPG export terminal on the Houston Ship Channel. The facility’s capacity for loading fully refrigerated, low-ethane propane has been boosted to 9 MMbbl a month. Enhancements to existing refrigeration infrastructure, designed to add 2500 bbl/hr, or 1.5 MMbbl a month, of incremental loading capacity, will allow Enterprise to accommodate an additional three ships a month.
The partnership added that work is also progressing on construction of a new refrigeration train that will increase loading rates by another 11,000 bbl/hr, and is on schedule for completion in the fourth quarter of this year. Once the final expansion phase has been completed, Enterprise will have the capability to load LPG up to 16 MMbbl a month, which equates to 29 vessels.
“With these expansion projects, Enterprise is demonstrating its commitment to supporting the producers who have done a miraculous job of developing our domestic reserves, particularly in the shale basins across the country,” said A.J. (Jim) Teague, COO of Enterprise’s general partner. “By increasing capacity at our LPG export terminal, we are providing customers with access to international markets, which helps facilitate continued domestic production that would otherwise be significantly curtailed.”
Enterprise notes that its Houston Ship Channel LPG terminal has been instrumental in transforming the U.S. into the largest propane exporter in the world, adding that there are about 1800 cargos scheduled from 2015 to 2024. To help ensure adequate supply to the docks, the partnership is in the final stages of completing a dedicated 30-in.-dia. LPG pipeline from Mont Belvieu to the export terminal.
The partnership added that work is also progressing on construction of a new refrigeration train that will increase loading rates by another 11,000 bbl/hr, and is on schedule for completion in the fourth quarter of this year. Once the final expansion phase has been completed, Enterprise will have the capability to load LPG up to 16 MMbbl a month, which equates to 29 vessels.
“With these expansion projects, Enterprise is demonstrating its commitment to supporting the producers who have done a miraculous job of developing our domestic reserves, particularly in the shale basins across the country,” said A.J. (Jim) Teague, COO of Enterprise’s general partner. “By increasing capacity at our LPG export terminal, we are providing customers with access to international markets, which helps facilitate continued domestic production that would otherwise be significantly curtailed.”
Enterprise notes that its Houston Ship Channel LPG terminal has been instrumental in transforming the U.S. into the largest propane exporter in the world, adding that there are about 1800 cargos scheduled from 2015 to 2024. To help ensure adequate supply to the docks, the partnership is in the final stages of completing a dedicated 30-in.-dia. LPG pipeline from Mont Belvieu to the export terminal.
