Enterprise Expects to Load First Supertanker at Texas Port This Month

Posted by Michelle Howard June 20, 2018

Seaway Crude Pipeline Company LLC, a joint venture between Enterprise Products Partners LP and Enbridge Inc, plans to load its first supertanker this month at its Texas City marine terminal:

* VLCC FPMC C Melody will be loaded with about 1.1 million bbls (2-million-bbl capacity); remaining crude to be transferred in a lightering zone

* The VLCC was anchored near Houston as of Wednesday - Thomson Reuters vessel tracking data/shipping source

* Enterprise said Midland-Sealy pipeline reached full service capabilities in April and is currently moving volumes at full capacity

* Enterprise is evaluating an NGL pipeline conversion to crude to add capacity

* Enterprise crude exports were about 724,000 bpd in May-presentation

Reporting by Devika Krishna Kumar in New York; Editing by Dan Grebler