Enterprise Products Partners LP reported that construction has been completed of the first segment of the Aegis ethane pipeline between Mont Belvieu and Beaumont, Tex.
This 60-mile segment of 20-in. pipeline is part of the 270-mile Aegis ethane pipeline that when complete will create a 500-mile header system that extends from Corpus Christi, Tex., to the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Including EPP’s existing South Texas infrastructure, this system is now in service from Corpus Christi to Beaumont.
The remainder of the Aegis pipeline will be completed in two phases. The next segment between Beaumont and Lake Charles, La., is slated for completion in third-quarter 2015. The final segment from Lake Charles to the Mississippi River is expected to be completed by yearend 2015. Aegis will have a capacity expandable to 425,000 b/d.
