Since Energy Transfer began exporting ethane out of Nederland in 2021, the company has exported over 430 million bbl. This project demonstrates that the continued growth in global NGL demand supports expansion of Energy Transfer’s Nederland assets, which partnered with the company’s wellhead-to-water system platform, creates a franchise to provide North American energy to the rest of the world.
As part of these transactions, Energy Transfer will also expand its Mont Belvieu to Nederland NGL export pipeline capacity to service the increased refrigeration capacity and construct two additional NGL ship docks. The company expects its previously announced expansion of the Nederland refrigerated propane and butane storage tanks to 1.2 million bbl and 0.8 million bbl, respectively, to be available in 1H27. These assets, along with Energy Transfer’s existing 1.3 million bbl refrigerated ethane tank, provide the largest refrigerated storage capacity for each of these products of any export complex on the US Gulf Coast.
The expansion project is expected to be placed into service in stages beginning in 2028. Following the anticipated completion of the additional docks in mid-2029, the refrigerated NGL export capacity at Nederland will be greater than 1.25 million bpd. Combined with the Marcus Hook NGL Export Facility capacity of 420 000 bpd (post-expansion mid-2027), Energy Transfer’s total NGL refrigerated export capacity will be approximately 1.7 million bpd.