Project Profile
Location: from Corpus Christi, Texas to the Mississippi River, Louisiana, USA
Capacity: 425,000 barrels per day (BPD)
Length: 270 miles
Start-up Year: second-quarter 2016
EPP is building its 270-mile Aegis Pipeline header system to deliver ethane to US Gulf Coast petrochemical producers. It expects the line to begin commercial operations second-quarter 2016. EPP completed Aegis’s 60-mile, 20-in. OD first section between Mont Belvieu and Beaumont last year. Aegis will have a capacity expandable to 425,000 barrels per day (BPD). In September 2014, Enterprise Products Partners L.P. commenced construction of the first segment of the Aegis pipeline between Mont Belvieu and Beaumont, Texas has been completed and is ready to make ethane deliveries to petrochemical customers. This 20-inch diameter pipeline is part of the 270-mile Aegis ethane pipeline that when complete will create a 500-mile header system that stretches from Corpus Christi, Texas to the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Including Enterprise’s existing South Texas infrastructure, this system is now in service from Corpus Christi to Beaumont.
The Aegis header system will be a major ethane supply artery available to over 20 petrochemical plants that will be in operation along the U.S. Gulf Coast by 2020. These plants are expected to represent over 90 percent of domestic ethylene production capacity by 2020. The remainder of the Aegis pipeline will be completed in two phases. The next segment between Beaumont and Lake Charles, Louisiana is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of 2015. The final segment from Lake Charles to the Mississippi River is expected to be completed by the end of 2015. The Aegis Pipeline is supported by long-term commitments with shippers who have executed agreements in excess of 200,000 BPD. Enterprise continues to receive strong interest for additional capacity.
Operators:
Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPP): Operator with 100% interest