The expansion will nearly double the facility’s fully refrigerated export loading capacity for propane and other NGLs to more than 10,000 barrels per hour.
The facility will also be able to load multiple vessels simultaneously, following the expansion which is scheduled to be complete in the second half of 2012.
Additionally, the company’s NGL fractionation facilities at Mont Belvieu, which is expected to complete the expansion of its fifth NGL fractionator later this year, complements the Houston terminal’s export capabilities.
Once completed, the Mont Belvieu facility is anticipated to have NGL fractionation capacity of 375,000 barrels per day.
Coupled with 100 million barrels of NGL storage capacity at Mont Belvieu, Enterprise will have ample operating flexibility to load large quantities of low-ethane propane.
