Enterprise Products Partners, a North American provider of midstream energy services, is accepting bids to determine demand for expanded capacity on its 1,200-mile Appalachia-to-Texas (ATEX) ethane pipeline.
The pipeline transports ethane from the Marcellus/Utica Basin of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio to Enterprise’s natural gas liquids storage complex in Mont Belvieu, Texas, and features pipeline access to petrochemical plants along the Gulf Coast.
Depending on the number of customer commitments during the open season, Enterprise said it is looking to add up to 50,000 barrels per day of incremental capacity through a combination of pipeline looping, hydraulic improvements and modifications to existing infrastructure.
The expanded capabilities would be in service by 2022.
Enterprise’s assets currently include approximately 49,200 miles of pipelines; 260 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, petrochemicals and refined products; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity.
The open season was officially launched on Aug. 26, and demand bids will continue to be accepted until Sept. 25.
