Enterprise to Expand LPG Export Facility at Oiltanking on Houston Ship Channel
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPD) today announced a further expansion of its liquefied petroleum gas (“LPG”) export terminal at Oiltanking’s complex on the Houston Ship Channel. Enterprise’s expanded LPG terminal is supported by a 50-year service agreement with Oiltanking Partners, L.P. (NYSE: OILT) to provide additional dock space and related services. The expanded LPG export terminal is expected to be in service by the end of 2015 and is supported by long-term LPG export agreements. Upon completion of the expanded facilities, Enterprise will have aggregate capacity to load in excess of 16 million barrels per month of low-ethane propane and/or butane. This expansion is in lieu of a second LPG terminal announced in October 2013 and will result in more capacity than previously anticipated.