Enterprise Completes Sixth Fractionator, Boost for Eagle Ford Shale Producers
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Enterprise Products Partners announced that the partnership’s sixth natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionator at its Mont Belvieu, Texas complex is now operational.
Expected capacity of the unit is 85,000 barrels per day (BPD), increasing total fractionation capacity at Enterprise’s Mont Belvieu facility to 485,000 BPD. The sixth fractionator will facilitate the increasing NGL production from domestic shale plays, including the Eagle Ford and other basins in the Rocky Mountain and Mid-continent regions. Rising NGL production from the shale plays continues to provide a cost advantage for the U.S. petrochemical industry which favors natural gas-derived feedstocks over imported crude oil-based derivatives.
The sixth fractionator, which is supported by long-term contracts, will reduce the…
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