Enterprise Signals ‘Rate Reset’ on ATEX M-U Ethane Pipeline

The single most important piece of pipe for Marcellus/Utica wet gas drillers is about to get a lot cheaper to use — and Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) just said so out loud. On its second quarter earnings call, EPD told analysts that the tolls it charges on ATEX, the 1,230-mile ethane pipeline running from Washington County, PA to Mont Belvieu, TX, now often cost more than the ethane moving through it. Enterprise executive Justin Kreider put it plainly: "There is going to be some degree of a rate reset." A new analysis from East Daley Analytics puts numbers behind that comment — and finds that roughly half of ATEX's capacity comes up for renewal in 2028.

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