Enterprise Products' Texas PDH unit goes offline following leakage: TCEQ

Enterprise Products Partners reported flaring at its propane dehydration, or PDH, unit in Mont Belvieu, Texas, the company said in a filing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ.

According to the filing made public Aug. 10, the 750,000 mt/year PDH unit was shut down following a leak on Aug. 9.

Sources Aug. 10 confirmed that the unit was offline, but did not give an estimated timeframe of when the unit is expected to come back online.

Enterprise did not respond to a Platts email seeking comment on operations.

August polymer-grade propylene prices saw a day-on-day increase Aug. 10 to 83 cents/lb FD USG, from 81.75 cents/lb FD USG Aug. 9.