Enterprise to Build New Crude Oil and Condensate Pipeline from Midland to Houston

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. EPD today announced it has executed long-term agreements that support development of a new 416-mile, 24-inch diameter pipeline to transport crude oil and condensate from the company's Midland, Texas terminal to its Sealy storage facility west of Houston. From Sealy, the new pipeline would link to Enterprise's ECHO terminal through an interconnect with the Rancho II pipeline, which is scheduled to be in service in July 2015. Through ECHO, customers will have direct access to every refinery in Houston, Texas City, Beaumont and Port Arthur, as well as Enterprise's dock facilities.

The new pipeline will have the capability to provide up to 540,000 barrels per day ("BPD") of take-away capacity for growing volumes of crude oil, and condensate from the Permian Basin. Service is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2017.

The hydrocarbons will be gathered by trucks and pipelines into Enterprise's Midland terminal and then delivered in up to four segregated batches to Sealy. The different grades of hydrocarbons handled by the Midland-to-Sealy pipeline include West Texas Sour, West Texas Intermediate, Light West Texas Intermediate and condensate. Enterprise is in the process of adding incremental storage capacity to support the new pipeline and the existing West Texas Gathering System.

"The commitments we received for the Midland-to-Sealy pipeline reflect the long-term, positive outlook producers have for the Permian Basin and the value provided by this logical expansion of our integrated energy value chain," said Michael A. Creel, chief executive officer of Enterprise's general partner. "In addition to facilitating crude oil and condensate production from one of our most important domestic basins, the Midland-to-Sealy pipeline will provide customers with adequate supply out of the Permian Basin and unsurpassed market access to the vast Gulf Coast refining complex, as well as dock access necessary for growing export opportunities."

Creel added, "Proper segregation is essential when transporting batched products and we take that responsibility very seriously. In support of that commitment Enterprise has implemented a system designed to ensure the company complies with all appropriate regulations."

Enterprise now has approximately $7.5 billion of capital growth projects under construction, several of which will benefit customers on the new Midland-to-Sealy pipeline. Specifically, the 36-inch diameter Rancho II pipeline, which extends 88 miles from Sealy, to the ECHO terminal, will have over one million BPD of capacity for crude oil and condensate from the Permian Basin and the Eagle Ford Shale.

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 and refined products transportation, storage and terminals; offshore production platforms; petrochemical transportation and services; and a marine transportation business that operates primarily on the United States inland and Intracoastal Waterway systems and in the Gulf of Mexico. The partnership's assets include approximately 51,000 miles of onshore and offshore 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 and its general partner expect, believe or anticipate will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from expectations, 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 Enterprise's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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.

Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
Randy Burkhalter, 713-381-6812
Investor Relations
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Rick Rainey, 713-381-3635
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