Enterprise Products Partners LP of Houston subsidiary EnterpriseProducts Operating LP and five other energy companies have agreedon the ownership and operating terms of Tri-States NGL PipelineLLC.

The agreement gives each company an equal interest inTri-States’ ownership of a 168-mile common-carrier pipeline thatwill deliver gas liquids from three processing plants in Alabamaand Mississippi to fractionators in Louisiana. Initial capacity ofthe line is 80,000 barrels/day.

“One of the avenues of growth for Enterprise Products Partnersis through joint investments with strategic industry partners.Tri-States Pipeline is a part of this strategy,” said O.S. “Dub”Andras, CEO of Enterprise Products Partners. “The Tri-StatesPipeline joint venture will provide linkage from the productionarea to fractionating facilities and downstream markets inLouisiana, including the Baton Rouge fractionating facility, inwhich Enterprise Products Partners owns an interest and serves asoperator, currently under construction.”

The owners – Enterprise Products Operating, Amoco Pipeline Co.,Koch Pipeline Southeast Inc., a group led by Duke Energy FieldServices Inc., Tejas Natural Gas Liquids LLC, and a unit of theWilliams Companies Inc. – originally signed a letter of intent inMarch.

Construction of the line, led by Koch, began last summer and isnearing completion. New construction accounted for 121 miles of theproject, with the remainder coming from an existing pipeline.Tri-States’ pipeline is expected to go into service next month andwill be operated by Williams.

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