Enterprise Elects Two Directors; Announces Promotions.

Business/Energy Editors

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 10, 2000

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD) announced that the board of directors of Enterprise Products GP, LLC, the general partner of Enterprise, has elected Richard S. Snell and Richard H. Bachmann as directors. These additions bring Enterprise's board to ten members. The board also elected Michael J. Knesek, vice president and controller, to the additional post of principal accounting officer and W. Randall Fowler as vice president, investor relations and treasurer.

Snell will serve on the Audits and Conflicts Committee of the board of directors. He is a partner in the Houston office of the Dallas-based law firm of Thompson, Knight, Brown, Parker & Leahy L.L.P. Prior to joining Thompson in 2000, Snell was the founder and a member of the firm Snell & Smith P.C. He earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law and a B.A. from Southern Methodist University. Snell is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the American and Houston Bar Associations, a fellow in the Texas Bar Foundation and a Certified Public Accountant.

Bachmann joined Enterprise in 1999 as executive vice president and chief legal officer of the general partner. Previously, he was a partner in the law firms of Snell & Smith P.C. and Butler & Binion. Bachmann earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center and a B.A. from Southwestern University. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the American and Houston Bar Associations and a fellow in the Texas Bar Foundation and the Houston Bar Foundation.

Knesek joined Enterprise in 1981 as revenue accounting manager and has since served in various managerial accounting positions including general manager of accounting. In 1990, he was elected vice president and controller. Knesek has twenty-five years of accounting experience including five years with Union Texas Petroleum prior to joining Enterprise. He holds a B.B.A. degree with a major in accounting from Texas A&M University - Kingsville, formerly Texas A&I University, and is a Certified Public Accountant. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Houston Chapter of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. Knesek's responsibilities at Enterprise include all corporate accounting and reporting functions as well as tax and SEC accounting and reporting duties.

Fowler joined Enterprise as director of investor relations in 1999. He has over twenty years of experience in corporate finance, investor relations, strategic planning and accounting. Prior to joining Enterprise, Fowler was assistant treasurer with NorAm Energy Corp. He was chief financial officer of Butler Johnson Inc. before joining NorAm Energy. Fowler earned an M.B.A. in finance and a B.S. in accounting from Louisiana Tech University. Fowler's responsibilities will include the treasury functions and investor relations.

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. is the second largest publicly traded partnership with an enterprise value of approximately $2.3 billion. Enterprise is a leading integrated provider of processing, fractionation, storage, transportation and terminalling services to producers and consumers of natural gas liquids ("NGLs") and other liquid hydrocarbons. The Company's assets are geographically focused on the United States' Gulf Coast, which accounts for approximately 55 percent of domestic NGL production and 75 percent of domestic NGL demand.

This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 based on the beliefs of the company, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. Although Enterprise believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.