Texas Express NGL Oil Pipeline

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Summary Information

  • Source: Skellytown in Carson County, Texas, USA
  • Destination: Mont Belvieu, Texas, USA
  • Ownership:
    • Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE: EPD)
    • Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P., (NYSE: EEP)
    • Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC)
  • Website: http://www.enterpriseproducts.com/
  • Length: kilometres (580 miles)
  • Capacity: 250,000 barrels of natural gas liquids per day
  • Crude Type:

+++ Brief Description

  • Originating near Skellytown in Carson County, Texas, the 20-inch diameter TEP mainline will extend approximately 580 miles to Enterprise’s natural gas liquids (“NGL”) fractionation and storage complex at Mont Belvieu, Texas, and will provide access to other third-party facilities in the area.
  • The pipeline will provide much-needed takeaway capacity for producers in West Texas, the Rocky Mountains, southern Oklahoma and the Mid-continent area, giving them access to the largest NGL market along the Gulf Coast
  • Production from the Rockies, Permian Basin and Mid-continent will be delivered into TEP through Enterprise’s existing Mid America NGL Pipeline System
  • The Front Range NGL Pipeline interconnects at Skellytown, Texas

+++ Pipeline Status

  • The pipeline and related gathering systems began service in the second quarter of 2013

+++ History

  • 2012 - JV partners announced that shippers have executed long-term contracts for capacity
  • 2013 - Pipeline operations commenced

+++ Other Information

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+++ Links

  1. EIA Liquids Pipeline Projects 2010-2014
  2. Enterprise, Enbridge and Anadarko Moving Forward With Development of the Texas Express Pipeline