Enterprise to expand NGL fractionation in Texas
Enterprise Products said Tuesday that it plans to construct two more natural gas liquid (NGL) fractionators at its complex in Mont Belvieu, Texas, giving it 150,000 bpd of additional fractionation capacity.
Projected to begin service in the fourth quarter of 2013, the two 75,000 bpd units, together, along with a sixth unit currently under 
construction and on schedule to commence service in the fourth quarter of 2012, would give Enterprise the capacity to fractionate more than 610,000 bpd at Mont Belvieu.
The process of obtaining the necessary permits for fractionators seven and eight is already underway, the company said.
The fractionators would facilitate the continued growth of NGL production from various Rocky Mountain producing basins and the Eagle Ford Shale play in South Texas, according to company officials.
“With the continuing expansion of our Eagle Ford system and the recently announced Texas Express Pipeline project providing enhanced reliability and optionality, Mont Belvieu represents the centerpiece of our integrated NGL network and is the premier North American delivery point for liquids production from the nation’s most prolific shale regions,” said A.J. “Jim” 
Teague, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Enterprise’s general partner.
“When service on the new fractionators begins, Enterprise will have more than doubled its fractionation capacity at Mont Belvieu in less than three years,” Teague continued.
“In addition to helping ensure the highest netback revenue to the wellhead for producers, the additional fractionation capacity will help meet the Gulf Coast petrochemical industry’s appetite for ethane, which is at an all-time high, and is projected to increase as new construction projects, conversions and expansions are completed.”
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