Enterprise recognizes employees for PDH plant turnarounds
Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners has sought to address and increase the reliability and utilization rates for its two propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plants.
Its PDH 2 facility, which was placed into service in July 2023, completed a scheduled turnaround in the third quarter of 2024. In reporting third-quarter results, Enterprise recognized over 200 employees at Mont Belvieu who “rolled from our most comprehensive turnaround for the PDH 1 plant into a turnaround for our PDH 2 plant to address an isolated issue we have experienced since start-up with one of our four reactors.”
PDH facilities convert propane into propylene, which is then used to manufacture polypropylene, a versatile plastic.
Among other highlights from the third quarter report, gross operating margin from the Enterprise Hydrocarbons Terminal increased $15 million primarily due to a 114,000-barrels-per-day increase in LPG export volumes. Enterprise also completed the acquisition of Piñon Midstream. The company says the assets are complementary to its Permian processing footprint and a strategic addition that extends its NGL value chain upstream, providing treating services in the eastern flank of the Delaware Basin.
As it looks ahead to next year, Enterprise says it’s on track to complete construction on two Permian processing plants, the Bahia pipeline, Fractionator 14, Phase 1 of its Neches River NGL Export Terminal and the last phase of its Morgan’s Point Ethane Export Terminal Flex Expansion.
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