Enterprise Products Partners doesn’t just extract mixed NGLs from associated gas at processing plants, transport that Y-grade to the NGL hub at Mont Belvieu, and fractionate NGLs into “purity products” like ethane, propane and butanes. The midstream giant also distributes purity products to Gulf Coast steam crackers and refineries, converts propane to propylene at its two propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plants, distributes ethylene and propylene, transports propane and butane to wholesale markets across much of the eastern half of the U.S., and exports a wide range of products — ethane, LPG, ethylene and propylene among them — from two Enterprise marine terminals on the Houston Ship Channel. (Another export terminal in Beaumont, TX, is in the works.) Talk about a value chain! In today’s RBN blog, we continue our series on NGL networks with a look at Enterprise’s NGL and petrochemical production, distribution and export assets.
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This blog series is about the select group of U.S. midstreamers that own and operate entire, soup-to-nuts NGL networks that take NGLs from the wellhead to either their ultimate domestic consumer — petchem plants, refineries, wholesale markets, etc. — or to waterside terminals that load purity products (and, in Enterprise’s case, ethylene and propylene too) onto ships for transport overseas. In Part 1, we looked at Energy Transfer’s NGL-related assets in Texas and in Part 2 we shifted our focus to the company’s network in the Northeast. Next up was Targa Resources — in Part 3 we looked at the company’s gas gathering and processing assets, Grand Prix NGL pipeline system, fractionators in Mont Belvieu, and the Galena Part LPG export terminal.
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About the song
“Nothing Compares 2 U” was written by Prince and appears as the sixth song on Sinead O’Connor’s second studio album, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got. Released as a single in January 1990, it went to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The song was originally written by Prince for his side project, The Family, and appeared on their 1985 album, The Family. The lyrics examine feelings of loneliness from the point of view of an abandoned lover. “Nothing Compares 2 U” earned O’Connor a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance in 1991. Personnel on the record were: Sinead O’Connor (vocals, keyboards), Kieran Kiely (piano, keyboards), and Nellee Hooper, Chris Birkett, Fachina O’Ceallaigh and Sinead O’Connor (programming, production, mixing).
I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got was recorded in 1988-89 at S.T.S. Studios in Dublin with Nellee Hooper and Sinead O’Connor producing. Released in March 1990, the album went to #19 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and has been certified 2X Platinum by the RIAA. Four singles were released from the LP.
Sinead O’Connor was an Irish singer, musician and songwriter. She was an outspoken advocate for human rights and spoke often about issues such as child abuse, women’s rights, racism, and organized religion. She released 10 studio albums, one live album, five compilation albums, one EP and 54 singles. In July 2023 O’Connor was found dead at her flat in South London at the age of 56. We at RBN offer our sympathies to her family, friends, and fans.
