OREANDA-NEWS. November 05, 2015.  Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD) today announced it will be conducting a binding open commitment period to gauge shipper support for a proposed expansion of the Aegis pipeline. The 270-mile Aegis system is designed to transport purity ethane from Enterprise’s Mont Belvieu, Texas liquids storage complex to petrochemical facilities in Texas and Louisiana.

The initial 60-mile segment from Mont Belvieu to Beaumont, Texas began service in September of 2014, followed by the 48-mile portion from Beaumont to Lake Charles, Louisiana in September of 2015. The remainder of the Aegis pipeline, which will extend to the Mississippi River corridor area, is on schedule for completion by the end of 2015.

The incremental capacity being offered reflects the continued strong interest in the Aegis pipeline and marks the second supplemental open season to expand the system. The expanded capabilities of the Aegis system, which are being achieved by the addition of pumps and related infrastructure, is expected to come online in stages through 2019, depending on the level of customer commitments.

The binding open commitment period begins November 1, 2015 and continues until November 30, 2015 at 5 p.m. CST. For commercial inquiries or additional information, please contact

John Kotara at (713) 381-8376 or jkotara@eprod.com.

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals. Our services include: natural gas gathering, treating, processing, transportation and storage; NGL transportation, fractionation, storage and import and export terminals; crude oil gathering, transportation, storage and terminals; petrochemical and refined products transportation, storage and terminals; and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems. The partnership’s assets include approximately 49,000 miles of pipelines; 225 million barrels of storage capacity for NGLs, crude oil, refined products and petrochemicals; and 14 billion cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity.

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein that address activities, events, developments or transactions that Enterprise expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including anticipated benefits and other aspects of such activities, events, developments or transactions, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including required approvals by regulatory agencies, the possibility that the anticipated benefits from such activities, events, developments or transactions cannot be fully realized, the possibility that costs or difficulties related thereto will be greater than expected, the impact of competition and other risk factors included in the reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by Enterprise. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates. Except as required by law, Enterprise does not intend to update or revise its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.