Preparing for the evolution of energy

Angie Murray and Carrie Weaver from Enterprise Products Partners tell Tank Storage Magazine about the company’s new focus on evolving technologies for a lower carbon economy Over the past year or two there has been an increasing interest in the energy transition and the future lower carbon economy from companies connected to the oil industry. Tank storage and midstream companies are no exception. Enterprise Products Partners, based in Houston, Texas, US, owns over 80,000 km of natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGL), crude oil, refined products and petrochemical pipelines, 260 million bbl of NGL, petrochemical, refined products and crude oil storage capacity, 14 billion ft3 of natural gas storage capacity in salt domes, 19 natural gas processing plants, 25 NGL and propylene fractionators, and 19 import and export docks. It is one of the largest publicly traded midstream companies in the US. In May 2021, Enterprise formed the Evolutionary Technology team to identify, evaluate, and develop opportunities for energy evolution, primarily in the areas of carbon capture and storage (CCS), hydrogen, low carbon fuels, and plastics recycling. It is headed up by senior vice-president of...