Enterprise Products Partners LP said the first cargo of ethane from its Morgan’s Point, TX, terminal has departed. The M/V JS INEOS Intrepid, loaded with about 265,000 bbl of ethane, set sail from the facility Thursday morning en route to the INEOS facility at Rafnes in Norway. The Morgan’s Point facility, which is the largest of its kind in the world, has a design loading capacity of 10,000 bbl/hour. “The driving force behind development of the terminal is the growing international demand for abundant U.S. ethane from shale plays, which offers the global petrochemical industry a low-cost feedstock option and supply diversification,” Enterprise said (see Daily GPI, July 28). Supply for the terminal is sourced from Enterprise’s natural gas liquids fractionation and storage complex in Mont Belvieu, TX, and transported through a new 18-mile, 24-inch diameter pipeline that was completed in February. The Mont Belvieu complex is connected to ethane production from the Marcellus and Utica shales through the ATEX pipeline (see Shale Daily, Dec. 5, 2013).
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Enterprise’s Ethane Export Terminal a ‘Go,’ to Be World’s Largest
Enterprise Products Partners LP said Tuesday it will build a fully refrigerated ethane export facility on the Texas Gulf Coast and that it has long-term contracts in pocket to support the project, which is to be the largest of its kind in the world.
FERC Invokes Emergency Authority to Fix Propane Shortages
FERC invoked its emergency authority Friday under the Interstate Commerce Act to help alleviate “dangerously low” propane supplies to consumers in the Midwest and Northeast.
FERC Invokes Authority to Remedy Propane Shortages
FERC invoked its emergency authority Friday under the Interstate Commerce Act to help alleviate “dangerously low” propane supplies to consumers in the Midwest and Northeast.
Propane Gas Shippers Ask FERC to Direct Emergency Shipments to Midwest and Northeast
To avoid critical shortages by the end of February, propane gas shippers have asked FERC for an emergency order to allow, or if necessary direct, Enterprise TE Products Pipeline Co. LLC to temporarily provide priority treatment to propane shipments from Mont Belvieu, TX.
Propane Shippers Request Emergency FERC Order Directing Shipments to Midwest and Northeast
Citing “dangerously low” propane supplies throughout the country, but particularly in the Midwest and Northeast, the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) has asked FERC for an emergency order to allow, or if necessary direct, Enterprise TE Products Pipeline Company LLC to temporarily provide priority treatment to propane shipments from Mont Belvieu, TX.
Fire Injures Two at Enterprise Terminal in Texas
Two contract workers were treated for non-serious injuries and released following a fire that broke out Tuesday morning at Enterprise Products Partners LP’s Morgan’s Point marine terminal in La Porte, TX, along the Houston Ship Channel.
Industry Briefs
Alliant Energy’s Iowa utility has accepted a proposed decision and order issued by the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) for the 600 MW Marshalltown Generating Station (MGS). Assuming regulatory approval, the natural gas-fired plant would be built in central Iowa beginning next year with operations expected to begin in 2017. The IUB approved construction of the plant and included a cost cap of $920 million, and allowed Iowa Power and Light (IPL) to recover in rates the actual cost of the facility. The IUB approved pipeline construction to deliver natural gas to the facility. Construction of the combined-cycle plant is part of IPL’s long-term energy resources strategy, which was unveiled in August 2012. Alliant said earlier this month it is conducting a feasibility study of resource options to address future customer energy and capacity needs in Wisconsin; options include conversion of an existing gas-fired facility from simple-cycle to combined cycle or the construction of a new facility. Alliant’s Wisconsin Power and Light has said it may replace 270 MW of coal-fired electric generation with natural gas-fired units (see Daily GPI, April 24).
Phillips 66 Planning Gulf Coast LPG Export Terminal
Phillips 66 is planning to expand its midstream business with a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) export terminal to be built at its existing marine terminal in Freeport, TX, the Houston-based company said.
Ethane Outlets Coming Soon to Marcellus
A one-two punch will help knock down some of the Marcellus Shale ethane glut.
