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Enterprise Begins Service on New Propylene Fractionator at Mont Belvieu, Texas Facility.


HOUSTON -- Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE NYSE

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 complex and is now in service. The new unit allows Enterprise to increase its production of polymer grade propylene (PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) A data encryption program from PGP Corporation, Palo Alto, CA (www.pgp.com). Published as freeware in 1991 and widely used around the world for encrypting e-mail messages and securing files, PGP is available for commercial use and as freeware for ) at the facility by 26 percent from 3.8 billion pounds per year, or 58,000 barrels per day Barrels per day (abbreviated BPD, bbl/d, bpd, bd or b/d) is a measurement used to describe the amount of crude oil (measured in barrels) produced or consumed by an entity in one day.  (BPD), to approximately 4.8 billion pounds per year, or 73,000 BPD. With the additional 1 billion pounds, Enterprise's Mont Belvieu facility now accounts for more than 19 percent of the domestic PGP manufacturing capacity. PGP is used in the production of plastic consumer products, pharmaceuticals, detergents and solvents.

"The successful expansion of our Mont Belvieu complex comes at a time when global demand for propylene is growing, and also reflects our commitment to investing in infrastructure that helps meet the needs of our customers and provides a reliable source of incremental cash flow for our investors," said Michael A. Creel, Enterprise president and chief executive officer. "Domestic refinery expansions and global economic growth are expected by industry experts to generate five to six percent annual growth in worldwide demand for propylene."

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 facilities is an extensive network of pipelines that gathers product for delivery to Mont Belvieu and transports fractionated products to major refiners and leading petrochemical companies for use as feedstocks, in addition to providing access to storage facilities. As part of the plan to enhance the capabilities of these assets, Enterprise is expanding its 48-mile refinery grade propylene (RGP RGP Rigid Gas Permeable (contact lens material)
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) pipeline between Texas City, Texas and Mont Belvieu in order to provide the partnership with access to growing volumes of RGP originating in the Texas City area. This pipeline project is scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2007.

Enterprise has also completed the process of connecting a Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas area refinery to the partnership's propylene fractionation and storage facilities at Mont Belvieu via its 66-mile, 8-inch diameter pipeline. In the first quarter of 2008, Enterprise expects to connect the pipeline to a second Beaumont/Port Arthur refinery. These expansion initiatives are expected to add 50,000 barrels per day of gathering capacity into Mont Belvieu.

The partnership is also in the process of evaluating economic alternatives for its least efficient propylene fractionator at Mont Belvieu, which was constructed in 1978. Alternatives include taking the unit out of service until pipeline connections are completed in the first quarter of 2008, or using it as part of the partnership's natural gas liquids fractionation business. A final decision is expected by the fourth quarter of 2007.

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded partnerships with an enterprise value of more than $19 billion, and is a leading North American provider of midstream energy services to producers and consumers of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil and petrochemicals. Enterprise transports natural gas, NGLs, crude oil and petrochemicals through more than 35,000 miles of onshore and offshore pipelines. Services include natural gas transportation, gathering, processing and storage; NGL NGL - A dialect of IGL.  fractionation (or separation), transportation, storage, and import and export terminaling; crude oil transportation and offshore production platform services. For more information, visit Enterprise on the web. Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is managed by its general partner, Enterprise Products GP LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

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, which is wholly owned by Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. (NYSE:EPE EPE

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). For more information on Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., visit www.enterprisegp.com.
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