Enterprise gauges interest in ATEX pipeline expansion to Appalachian Basin
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Enterprise Products Partners has started gauging shipper interest in a proposed 50,000 b/d expansion of its ATEX ethane pipeline, according to S&P Global Platts.
The proposed expansion would move more materials from the Appalachian Basin to the company’s NGLs storage complex in Mont Belvieu, Texas.
Enterprise has been looking to boost deliveries of oil, gas, and NGLs from key shale basins in the US Northeast and West Texas to downstream markets including the Gulf Coast to serve domestic and overseas demand.
Learn more: S&P Global Platts > Enterprise launches open season for proposed ATEX ethane pipeline expansion
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