Prospectus

Enterprise Products Operating L.P.

Offers to Exchange up to

$500,000,000 of 4.000% Series B Senior Notes due 2007

for

$500,000,000 of 4.000% Series A Senior Notes due 2007

and

$500,000,000 of 4.625% Series B Senior Notes due 2009

for

$500,000,000 of 4.625% Series A Senior Notes due 2009

and

$650,000,000 of 5.600% Series B Senior Notes due 2014

for

$650,000,000 of 5.600% Series A Senior Notes due 2014

and

$350,000,000 of 6.650% Series B Senior Notes due 2034

for

$350,000,000 of 6.650% Series A Senior Notes due 2034

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        Please read “Risk Factors” beginning on page 7 for a discussion of factors you should consider before participating in the exchange offers.

        The exchange notes will rank equally in contractual right of payment with all of our other material indebtedness.

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        These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities commission nor has the Securities and Exchange Commission passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

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The date of this prospectus is January 24, 2005.

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      This prospectus is part of a registration statement we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the “Commission.” In making your investment decision, you should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference into this prospectus and in the applicable letter of transmittal accompanying this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with any other information. If you receive any unauthorized information, you must not rely on it. We are not making an offer to sell these securities in any state where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information contained in this prospectus or in the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus are accurate as of any date other than the date on the front cover of this prospectus or the date of such incorporated documents, as the case may be.

      This prospectus incorporates by reference business and financial information about us that is not included in or delivered with this prospectus. This information is available without charge upon written or oral request directed to: Investor Relations, Enterprise Products Partners L.P., 2727 North Loop West, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 77008-1044; telephone number: (713) 880-6812. To obtain timely delivery, you must request the information no later than February 24, 2005.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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SUMMARY				1
	Enterprise and Enterprise Parent			1
	Exchange Offers			2
	Terms of the Exchange Notes			5
RISK FACTORS				7
	Risks Related to the Exchange Offer			7
	Risks Related to Our Business			7
	Risks Associated with the Notes			16
USE OF PROCEEDS				18
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES				18
EXCHANGE OFFERS				19
	Purpose and Effect of the Exchange Offers			19
	Resale of Exchange Notes			21
	Terms of the Exchange Offers			22
	Expiration Date			22
	Extensions, Delays in Acceptance, Termination or Amendment			23
	Conditions to the Exchange Offers			23
	Procedures for Tendering			24
	Withdrawal of Tenders			25
	Fees and Expenses			26
	Transfer Taxes			26
	Consequences of Failure to Exchange			26
	Accounting Treatment			26
	Other			26
DESCRIPTION OF EXCHANGE NOTES				27
	General			27
	Further Issuances			28
	Optional Redemption			29
	Ranking			30
	Parent Guarantee			30
	Potential Guarantee of Notes by Subsidiaries			30
	Addition and Release of Subsidiary Guarantors			30
	No Sinking Fund			31
	Certain Covenants			31
	Events of Default			33
	Amendments and Waivers			34
	Defeasance and Discharge			36

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	Certain Definitions			37
	Book-Entry, Delivery and Form			40
	Depository Procedures			40
	Exchanges of Global Notes for Certificated Notes			42
	Same Day Settlement and Payment			42
	No Recourse Against General Partners			43
	Concerning the Trustee			43
	Governing Law			43
MATERIAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES				44
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION				44
LEGAL MATTERS				45
EXPERTS				45
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION				46
INFORMATION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS				47
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL				A-1
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL				B-1
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL				C-1
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL				D-1

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RISK FACTORS

      In addition to the other information set forth elsewhere or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, you should consider carefully the risks described below before deciding whether to participate in the exchange offers.

Risks Related to the Exchange Offer

      If you fail to exchange outstanding notes, existing transfer restrictions will remain in effect and the market value of outstanding notes may be adversely affected because they may be more difficult to sell.

      If you fail to exchange outstanding notes for exchange notes under the exchange offers, then you will continue to be subject to the existing transfer restrictions on the outstanding notes. In general, the outstanding notes may not be offered or sold unless they are registered or exempt from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. Except in connection with this exchange offer or as required by the registration rights agreement, we do not intend to register resales of the outstanding notes.

      The tender of outstanding notes under the exchange offer will reduce the principal amount of the currently outstanding notes. Due to the corresponding reduction in liquidity, this may have an adverse effect upon, and increase the volatility of, the market price of any currently outstanding notes that you continue to hold following completion of the exchange offers.

Risks Related to Our Business

	Our debt level may limit our future financial and operating flexibility.

      As of December 31, 2004, we had approximately $4.3 billion of consolidated debt outstanding. Our consolidated balance sheet has significant leverage. The amount of our debt could have significant effects on our future operations, including, among other things:

	•	a significant portion of our cash flow from operations will be dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on outstanding debt and will not be available for other purposes, including capital expenditures;
	•	credit rating agencies may view our debt level negatively;
	•	covenants contained in our existing debt arrangements will require us to continue to meet financial tests that may adversely affect its flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our business;
	•	our ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and general partnership purposes may be limited;
	•	we may be at a competitive disadvantage relative to similar companies that have less debt; and
	•	we may be more vulnerable to adverse economic and industry conditions as a result of our significant debt level.

      Our public debt indentures currently do not limit the amount of future indebtedness that we can create, incur, assume or guarantee. Our revolving credit facilities, however, restrict our ability to incur additional debt, though any debt we may incur in compliance with these restrictions may still be substantial.

      The notes and the guarantee of Enterprise Parent effectively rank junior to any secured and unsubordinated indebtedness that we and Enterprise Parent might incur in the future, to the extent of the assets securing such indebtedness, and the notes will effectively rank junior to all indebtedness and other liabilities of our subsidiaries that do not guarantee the notes.

      Each of our revolving credit facilities and indentures for our public debt contains conventional financial covenants and other restrictions. A breach of any of these restrictions by us could permit the

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      Our ability to access the capital markets to raise capital on favorable terms will be affected by our debt level, the amount of our debt maturing in the next several years and current maturities, and by adverse market conditions resulting from, among other things, general economic conditions, contingencies and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and impossible to control. Moreover, if the rating agencies were to downgrade our corporate credit, then we could experience an increase in our borrowing costs, difficulty assessing capital markets or a reduction in the market price of Enterprise Parent’s common units. Such a development could adversely affect our ability to obtain financing for working capital, capital expenditures or acquisitions or to refinance existing indebtedness. If we are unable to access the capital markets on favorable terms in the future, we might be forced to seek extensions for some of our short-term securities or to refinance some of our debt obligations through bank credit, as opposed to long-term public debt securities or equity securities of Enterprise Parent. The price and terms upon which we might receive such extensions or additional bank credit, if at all, could be more onerous than those contained in existing debt agreements. Any such arrangements could, in turn, increase the risk that our leverage may adversely affect our future financial and operating flexibility and thereby impact our ability to make principal and interest payments on the notes.

	We may not be able to integrate successfully our operations with GulfTerra’s operations.

      Integration of the two previously independent companies will be a complex, time consuming and costly process. Failure to timely and successfully integrate these companies may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. The difficulties of combining the companies will present challenges to our management, including:

	•	operating a significantly larger combined company with operations in geographic areas and business lines in which we have not previously operated;
	•	managing relationships with new joint venture partners with whom we have not previously partnered;
	•	integrating personnel with diverse backgrounds and organizational cultures;
	•	experiencing operational interruptions or the loss of key employees, customers or suppliers;
	•	establishing the internal controls and procedures that we will be required to maintain under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; and
	•	consolidating other corporate and administrative functions.

      We are also exposed to risks that are commonly associated with transactions similar to the merger, such as unanticipated liabilities and costs, some of which may be material, and diversion of management’s attention. As a result, the anticipated benefits of the merger, including expected cost savings, may not be fully realized, if at all.

	Changes in the prices of hydrocarbon products may materially adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

      We operate predominantly in the midstream energy sector which includes gathering, transporting, processing, fractionating and storing natural gas, NGLs and crude oil. As such, our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition may be materially adversely affected by changes in the prices of these hydrocarbon products and by changes in the relative price levels among these hydrocarbon products. In general terms, the prices of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil and other hydrocarbon products are subject to

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	•	the level of domestic production;
	•	the availability of imported oil and natural gas;
	•	actions taken by foreign oil and natural gas producing nations;
	•	the availability of transportation systems with adequate capacity;
	•	the availability of competitive fuels;
	•	fluctuating and seasonal demand for oil, natural gas and NGLs; and
	•	conservation and the extent of governmental regulation of production and the overall economic environment.

      The profitability of our NGL and natural gas processing operations depends upon the spread between NGL product prices and natural gas prices. A reduction in the spread between NGL product prices and natural gas prices can result in a reduction in demand for fractionation, processing, NGL storage and NGL transportation services and, thus, may materially adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows. In addition, a portion of our company’s natural gas processing activities is exposed to commodity price risk associated with the relative price of NGLs to natural gas under our “keep-whole” natural gas processing contracts. Under keep-whole agreements, we will take title to NGLs that we extract from the natural gas stream and will be obligated to pay market value, based on natural gas prices, for the energy extracted from the natural gas stream. When prices for natural gas increase, the cost to us of making these keep-whole payments will increase, and, where NGL prices do not experience a commensurate increase, we will realize lower margins from these transactions. As a result, changes in prices for natural gas compared to NGLs could have a material adverse affect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial position.

      We are also exposed to natural gas and NGL commodity price risk under natural gas processing and gathering and NGL fractionation contracts that provide for our fee to be calculated based on a regional natural gas or NGL price index or to be paid in-kind by taking title to natural gas or NGLs. A decrease in natural gas and NGL prices can result in lower margins from these contracts, which may materially adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial position.

	A decline in the volume of natural gas, NGLs and crude oil delivered to our facilities could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

      Our profitability could be materially impacted by a decline in the volume of natural gas, NGLs and crude oil transported, gathered or processed at our facilities. A material decrease in natural gas or crude oil production or crude oil refining, as a result of depressed commodity prices, a decrease in exploration and development activities or otherwise, could result in a decline in the volume of natural gas, NGLs and crude oil handled by our facilities.

      The crude oil, natural gas and NGLs available to our facilities will be derived from reserves produced from existing wells, which reserves naturally decline over time. To offset this natural decline, our facilities will need access to additional reserves. Additionally, some of our facilities will be dependent on reserves that are expected to be produced from newly discovered properties that are currently being developed.

      Exploration and development of new oil and natural gas reserves is capital intensive, particularly offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Many economic and business factors are out of our control and can adversely affect the decision by producers to explore for and develop new reserves. These factors include relatively low oil and natural gas prices, cost and availability of equipment, regulatory changes, capital budget limitations or the lack of available capital. For example, a sustained decline in the price of natural gas and crude oil could result in a decrease in natural gas and crude oil exploration and development activities in the regions where our facilities are located. This could result in a decrease in volumes to our

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	A reduction in demand for NGL products by the petrochemical, refining or heating industries could materially adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial position.

      A reduction in demand for NGL products by the petrochemical, refining or heating industries, whether because of general economic conditions, reduced demand by consumers for the end products made with NGL products, increased competition from petroleum-based products due to pricing differences, adverse weather conditions, government regulations affecting prices and production levels of natural gas or the content of motor gasoline or other reasons, could materially adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial position. For example:

	Ethane. If natural gas prices increase significantly in relation to ethane prices, it may be more profitable for natural gas producers to leave the ethane in the natural gas stream to be burned as fuel than to extract the ethane from the mixed NGL stream for sale.
	Propane. The demand for propane as a heating fuel is significantly affected by weather conditions. Unusually warm winters could cause the demand for propane to decline significantly and could cause a significant decline in the volumes of propane that the combined company transports.
	Isobutane. Any reduction in demand for motor gasoline additives may reduce demand for isobutane. During periods in which the difference in market prices between isobutane and normal butane is low or inventory values are high relative to current prices for normal butane or isobutane, our operating margin from selling isobutane could be reduced.
	Propylene. Any downturn in the domestic or international economy could cause reduced demand for propylene, which could cause a reduction in the volumes of propylene that we produce and expose our investment in inventories of propane/ propylene mix to pricing risk due to requirements for short-term price discounts in the spot or short-term propylene markets.

	We face competition from third parties in our midstream businesses.

      Even if reserves exist in the areas accessed by our facilities and are ultimately produced, we may not be chosen by the producers in these areas to gather, transport, process, fractionate, store or otherwise handle the hydrocarbons that are produced. We compete with others, including producers of oil and natural gas, for any such production on the basis of many factors, including:

	•	geographic proximity to the production;
	•	costs of connection;
	•	available capacity;
	•	rates; and
	•	access to markets.

	We may not be able to fully execute our growth strategy if we encounter illiquid capital markets or increased competition for qualified assets.

      Our strategy contemplates growth through the development and acquisition of a wide range of midstream and other energy infrastructure assets while maintaining a strong balance sheet. This strategy includes constructing and acquiring additional assets and businesses to enhance our ability to compete effectively and diversify our asset portfolio, thereby providing more stable cash flow. We regularly consider and enter into discussions regarding, and are currently contemplating, potential joint ventures, stand alone projects or other transactions that we believe will present opportunities to realize synergies, expand our role in the energy infrastructure business and increase our market position.

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      We may require substantial new capital to finance the future development and acquisition of assets and businesses. Limitations on our access to capital will impair our ability to execute this strategy. Expensive capital will limit our ability to develop or acquire accretive assets. We may not be able to raise the necessary funds on satisfactory terms, if at all.

      In addition, we are experiencing increased competition for the assets we purchase or contemplate purchasing. Increased competition for a limited pool of assets could result in our losing to other bidders more often or acquiring assets at higher prices. Either occurrence would limit our ability to fully execute our growth strategy. Our inability to execute our growth strategy may materially adversely impact the market price of our securities.

	Our growth strategy may adversely affect our results of operations if we do not successfully integrate the businesses that we acquire or if we substantially increase our indebtedness and contingent liabilities to make acquisitions.

      Our ability to successfully execute our growth strategy is dependent upon making accretive acquisitions. As a result, from time to time, we will evaluate and acquire assets and businesses that we believe complement our existing operations. Similar to the risks associated with integrating our operations with GulfTerra’s operations, we may be unable to integrate successfully businesses we acquire in the future. We may incur substantial expenses or encounter delays or other problems in connection with our growth strategy that could negatively impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. Moreover, acquisitions and business expansions involve numerous risks, including:

	•	difficulties in the assimilation of the operations, technologies, services and products of the acquired companies or business segments;
	•	inefficiencies and complexities that can arise because of unfamiliarity with new assets and the businesses associated with them, including with their markets; and
	•	diversion of the attention of management and other personnel from day-to-day business to the development or acquisition of new businesses and other business opportunities.

      If consummated, any acquisition or investment would also likely result in the incurrence of indebtedness and contingent liabilities and an increase in interest expense and depreciation, depletion and amortization expenses. As a result, our capitalization and results of operations may change significantly following an acquisition. A substantial increase in our indebtedness and contingent liabilities could have a material adverse effect on our business.

	Our operating cash flows from our capital projects may not be immediate.

      We are engaged in several capital expansion projects and “greenfield” projects for which significant capital has been expended, and our operating cash flow from a particular project may not increase immediately following its completion. For instance, if we build a new pipeline or platform or expand an existing facility, the design, construction, development and installation may occur over an extended period of time, and we may not receive any material increase in operating cash flow from that project until after it is placed in service. If we experience unanticipated or extended delays in generating operating cash flow from these projects, we may be required to reduce or reprioritize our capital budget, sell non-core assets, access the capital markets or may be unable to make principal and interest payments on the notes.

	Our actual construction, development and acquisition costs could exceed forecasted amounts.

      We will have significant expenditures for the development, construction or other acquisition of energy infrastructure assets, including some construction and development projects with significant technological challenges. For example, underwater operations, especially those in water depths in excess of 600 feet, are very expensive and involve much more uncertainty and risk, and if a problem occurs, the solution, if one exists, may be very expensive and time consuming. Accordingly, there is an increase in the frequency and amount of cost overruns related to underwater operations, especially in depths in excess of 600 feet. We

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	We may be unable to cause our joint ventures to take or not to take certain actions unless some or all of our joint venture participants agree.

      We participate in several joint ventures. Due to the nature of some of these joint ventures, each participant in each of these joint ventures has made substantial investments in the joint venture and, accordingly, has required that the relevant organizational documents contain certain features designed to provide each participant with the opportunity to participate in the management of the joint venture and to protect its investment in that joint venture, as well as any other assets which may be substantially dependent on or otherwise affected by the activities of that joint venture. These participation and protective features include a corporate governance structure that requires at least a majority in interest vote to authorize many basic activities and requires a greater voting interest (sometimes up to 100%) to authorize more significant activities. Examples of these more significant activities are large expenditures or contractual commitments, the construction or acquisition of assets, borrowing money or otherwise raising capital, transactions with affiliates of a joint venture participant, litigation and transactions not in the ordinary course of business, among others. Thus, without the concurrence of joint venture participants with enough voting interests, we may be unable to cause any of our joint ventures to take or not to take certain actions, even though those actions may be in the best interest of us or the particular joint venture.

      Moreover, any joint venture owner may sell, transfer or otherwise modify its ownership interest in a joint venture, whether in a transaction involving third parties or the other joint venture owners. Any such transaction could result in our partnering with different or additional parties.

	A natural disaster, catastrophe or other event could result in severe personal injury, property damage and environmental damage, which could curtail our operations and otherwise materially adversely affect our cash flow.

      Some of our operations involve risks of personal injury, property damage and environmental damage, which could curtail our operations and otherwise materially adversely affect our cash flow. For example, natural gas facilities operate at high pressures, sometimes in excess of 1,100 pounds per square inch. We also operate oil and natural gas facilities located underwater in the Gulf of Mexico, which can involve complexities, such as extreme water pressure. Virtually all of our operations are exposed to potential natural disasters, including hurricanes, tornadoes, storms, floods and earthquakes.

      If one or more facilities that are owned by us or that deliver oil, natural gas or other products to us are damaged by severe weather or any other disaster, accident, catastrophe or event, our operations could be significantly interrupted. Similar interruptions could result from damage to production or other facilities that supply our facilities or other stoppages arising from factors beyond our control. These interruptions might involve significant damage to people, property or the environment, and repairs might take from a week or less for a minor incident to six months or more for a major interruption. Additionally, some of the storage contracts that we are a party to obligate us to indemnify our customers for any damage or injury occurring during the period in which the customers’ natural gas is in our possession. Any event that interrupts the fees generated by our energy infrastructure assets, or which causes us to make significant expenditures not covered by insurance, could reduce our cash available for paying our interest obligations on the notes and, accordingly, adversely affect the market price of our securities.

      We believe that we maintain adequate insurance coverage, although insurance will not cover many types of interruptions that might occur. As a result of market conditions, premiums and deductibles for certain insurance policies can increase substantially, and in some instances, certain insurance may become unavailable or available only for reduced amounts of coverage. As a result, we may not be able to renew our existing insurance policies or procure other desirable insurance on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. If we were to incur a significant liability for which we were not fully insured, it could have a

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	An impairment of goodwill could reduce our earnings.

      We had recorded $445.9 million of goodwill and $961.9 million of intangible assets on our consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2004. Goodwill is recorded when the purchase price of a business exceeds the fair market value of the tangible and separately measurable intangible net assets. GAAP will require us to test goodwill for impairment on an annual basis or when events or circumstances occur indicating that goodwill might be impaired. Long-lived assets such as intangible assets with finite useful lives are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. If we determine that any of our goodwill or intangible assets were impaired, we would be required to take an immediate charge to earnings with a correlative effect on partners’ equity and balance sheet leverage as measured by debt to total capitalization.

	Increases in interest rates could adversely affect our business.

      In addition to our exposure to commodity prices, we have significant exposure to increases in interest rates. As of December 31, 2004, we had approximately $4.3 billion of consolidated debt, of which $3.7 billion was at fixed interest rates and $563.2 million was at variable interest rates, after giving effect to existing interest swap arrangements. We may from time to time enter into additional interest rate swap arrangements, which could increase our exposure to variable interest rates. As a result, our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition, could be materially adversely affected by significant increases in interest rates.

	The use of derivative financial instruments could result in material financial losses by us.

      We historically have sought to limit a portion of the adverse effects resulting from changes in oil and natural gas commodity prices and interest rates by using financial derivative instruments and other hedging mechanisms from time to time. To the extent that we hedge our commodity price and interest rate exposures, we will forego the benefits we would otherwise experience if commodity prices or interest rates were to change in our favor. In addition, even though monitored by management, hedging activities can result in losses. Such losses could occur under various circumstances, including if a counterparty does not perform its obligations under the hedge arrangement, the hedge is imperfect, or hedging policies and procedures are not followed.

	Our pipeline integrity program may impose significant costs and liabilities on us.

      In December 2003, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a final rule (effective as of February 14, 2004) requiring pipeline operators to develop integrity management programs to comprehensively evaluate their pipelines, and take measures to protect pipeline segments located in what the rule refers to as “high consequence areas.” The final rule resulted from the enactment of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002. At this time, we cannot predict the outcome of this rule on us. However, we will continue our pipeline integrity testing programs, which are intended to assess and maintain the integrity of our pipelines. While the costs associated with the pipeline integrity testing itself are not large, the results of these tests could cause us to incur significant and unanticipated capital and operating expenditures for repairs or upgrades deemed necessary to ensure the continued safe and reliable operation of our pipelines.

	Environmental costs and liabilities and changing environmental regulation could materially affect our cash flow.

      Our operations will be subject to extensive federal, state and local regulatory requirements relating to environmental affairs, health and safety, waste management and chemical and petroleum products.

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      We will make expenditures in connection with environmental matters as part of normal capital expenditure programs. However, future environmental law developments, such as stricter laws, regulations, permits or enforcement policies, could significantly increase some costs of our operations, including the handling, manufacture, use, emission or disposal of substances and wastes. Moreover, as with other companies engaged in similar or related businesses, our operations have some risk of environmental costs and liabilities because we handle petroleum products.

	Federal, state or local regulatory measures could materially adversely affect our business.

      The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, regulates our interstate natural gas pipelines and interstate NGL and petrochemical pipelines, while state regulatory agencies regulate our intrastate natural gas and NGL pipelines, intrastate storage facilities and gathering lines. This federal and state regulation extends to such matters as:

	•	rate structures;
	•	rates of return on equity;
	•	recovery of costs;
	•	the services that our regulated assets are permitted to perform;
	•	the acquisition, construction and disposition of assets; and
	•	to an extent, the level of competition in that regulated industry.

      Enterprise Parent’s 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is incorporated by reference into this prospectus, contains a general overview of FERC and state regulation applicable to our energy infrastructure assets. This regulatory oversight can affect certain aspects of our business and the market for our products and could materially adversely affect our cash flow. Please read “Business and Properties — Regulation and Environmental Matters” in Enterprise Parent’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.

      Under the Natural Gas Act, FERC has authority to regulate our natural gas companies that provide natural gas pipeline transportation services in interstate commerce. Its authority to regulate those services includes the rates charged for the services, terms and conditions of service, certification and construction of new facilities, the extension or abandonment of services and facilities, the maintenance of accounts and records, the acquisition and disposition of facilities, the initiation and discontinuation of services, and various other matters. Pursuant to FERC’s jurisdiction over interstate gas pipeline rates, existing pipeline rates may be challenged by complaint and proposed rate increases may be challenged by protest.

      FERC also has authority under the Interstate Commerce Act, or ICA, to regulate the rates, terms, and conditions applied to our interstate pipelines engaged in the transportation of NGLs and petrochemicals (commonly known as “oil pipelines”). Pursuant to the ICA, oil pipeline rates can be challenged at FERC either by protest, when they are initially filed or increased, or by complaint at any time they remain on file with the jurisdictional agency.

      We have interests in offshore natural gas pipeline facilities offshore from Texas and Louisiana. These facilities are subject to regulation by FERC and other federal agencies, including the Department of Interior, under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and by the Department of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety under the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act.

      Our intrastate NGL and natural gas pipelines are subject to regulation in many states, including Alabama, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas. We also have natural gas underground storage facilities in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Although state regulation is typically less onerous

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      We are subject to ratable take and common purchaser statutes in certain states where we operate. Ratable take statues generally require gatherers to take, without undue discrimination, natural gas production that may be tendered to the gatherer for handling. Similarly, common purchaser statutes generally require gatherers to purchase without undue discrimination as to source of supply or producer. These statutes have the effect of restricting our right as an owner of gathering facilities to decide with whom we contract to purchase or transport natural gas. Federal law leaves any economic regulation of natural gas gathering to the states, and some of the states in which we operate have adopted complaint-based or other limited economic regulation of natural gas gathering activities. States in which we operate that have adopted some form of complaint-based regulation, like Texas, generally allow natural gas producers and shippers to file complaints with state regulators in an effort to resolve grievances relating to natural gas gathering access and rate discrimination.

      As a result of the merger, we are subject to increased regulatory oversight by FERC and state regulatory agencies as certain of GulfTerra’s companies, assets and services are regulated by FERC, including its interstate natural gas pipeline system, interstate natural gas storage facilities and service provided by its intrastate natural gas pipelines pursuant to Section 311 of the Natural Gas Policy Act. For example, High Island Offshore System, L.L.C., or HIOS, an interstate natural gas pipeline owned by GulfTerra, is subject to a pending rate case before FERC. GulfTerra is seeking to increase its transportation rates, but several parties have protested the increased rate. FERC accepted HIOS’ tariff sheets implementing the new rates subject to refund and set certain issues for hearing before an Administrative Law Judge, or ALJ. A hearing was held in November 2003. The ALJ issued her initial decision on that hearing on April 22, 2004, finding, inter alia, that HIOS’s overall cost-of-service should be approximately thirty percent lower than HIOS’s proposed cost-of-service. The initial decision has no binding effect, however, and several parties, including HIOS, have filed briefs on exceptions to the initial decision with the FERC. On August 5, 2004, HIOS filed an Offer of Settlement and Stipulation and Agreement whereby HIOS would implement its previously effective rate for a three-year period. That rate is approximately forty-five percent higher than the rate proposed in the initial decision. A number of shippers on HIOS’s system have filed comments in support of the Offer of Settlement, while FERC Staff and one shipper, ExxonMobil Gas & Power Marketing Company (“ExxonMobil”), have filed comments opposing it. HIOS filed an answer and supplemental reply comments to a late-filed Motion for Leave to File and Initial Comments of Superior Natural Gas Company (“Superior”) and Walter Oil & Gas Corporation on September 22, 2004, asking the Commission to approve the Offer of Settlement and Stipulation as an uncontested settlement, arguing that: (1) opposition by Staff, a participant to the proceeding rather than a party, does not convert the settlement into a contested one, (2) ExxonMobil’s interest is too attenuated to render the settlement contested, and (3) the late-filed comments of Superior and Walter contesting the settlement should be rejected as they have not demonstrated “extraordinary circumstances” to justify missing the deadline to file comments. On October 4, 2004, Superior and Walter filed a Notice of Withdrawal of their initial comments opposing the settlement. FERC action on the Offer of Settlement and the briefs on exception is currently pending. FERC’s decision will dictate HIOS’s rates, thereby impacting our cash flow.

      Additionally, in December 1999, GulfTerra Texas (formerly EPGT Texas) filed a petition with the FERC for approval of its rates for interstate transportation service pursuant to Section 311 of the NGPA. In June 2002, the FERC issued an order that required revisions to GulfTerra Texas’ proposed maximum rates. The changes ordered by the FERC involve reductions to rate of return and depreciation rates, and revisions to the proposed rate design, including a requirement to state separately rates for gathering service. The FERC also ordered refunds to customers for the difference, if any, between the originally proposed levels and the revised rates ordered by the FERC. In July 2002, GulfTerra Texas requested rehearing on certain issues raised by the FERC’s order, including the depreciation rates and the requirement to state separately a gathering rate. On February 25, 2004, the FERC issued an order denying GulfTerra Texas’ request for rehearing and ordering GulfTerra Texas to file a calculation of refunds and a refund plan. GulfTerra Texas

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      On July 20, 2004, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued its opinion in BP West Coast Products, LLC v. FERC, which upheld FERC’s determination that SFPP’s rates were grandfathered rates under the Energy Policy Act and that SFPP’s shippers had not demonstrated substantially changed circumstances that would justify modification of those rates. The court also stated that FERC had not provided reasoned decision-making in support of its Lakehead policy. In Lakehead, the FERC allowed a regulated entity organized as a master limited partnership to include in its cost of service an income tax allowance to the extent that its unitholders were corporations subject to income tax. The court remanded the issue of the appropriate income tax allowance for a pipeline owned by a master limited partnership and the issue of whether SFPP’s revised cost of service without the tax allowance would qualify as a substantially changed circumstance that would justify modification of SFPP’s rates. Because the court remanded to the FERC and because the FERC’s ruling will focus on the facts and record presented to it, it is not clear what impact, if any, the opinion will have on our rates or on the rates of other FERC-jurisdictional pipelines organized as tax pass-through entities. FERC has initiated a public inquiry in Docket No. PL05-5 into the proper treatment of income tax allowances in cost-of-service ratemaking proceedings involving partnerships. Moreover, it is not clear whether FERC’s action taken in response to BP West Coast will be challenged and, if so, whether it will withstand further FERC or judicial review.

      Our offshore oil and gas pipelines also are subject to oversight by FERC and other federal agencies under Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, and the Department of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety under the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968.

	Terrorist attacks aimed at our facilities could adversely affect our business.

      Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, the United States government has issued warnings that energy assets, including our nation’s pipeline infrastructure, may be the future target of terrorist organizations. Any terrorist attack on our facilities, those of our customers and, in some cases, those of other pipelines, could have a material adverse effect on our business. An escalation of political tensions in the Middle East and elsewhere, such as the United States military action in Iraq, could result in increased volatility in the world’s energy markets and result in a material adverse effect on our business.

Risks Associated with the Notes

	Enterprise Parent does not have the same flexibility as other types of organizations to accumulate cash, which may limit cash available to us to service the notes or to repay them at maturity.

      Unlike a corporation, Enterprise Parent’s partnership agreement requires it to distribute, on a quarterly basis, 100% of its available cash to its unitholders of record and its general partner. Available cash is generally all of Enterprise Parent’s consolidated cash receipts adjusted for cash distributions and net changes to reserves. Enterprise Parent’s general partner will determine the amount and timing of such distributions and has broad discretion to establish and make additions to Enterprise Parent’s reserves or our reserves in amounts the general partner determines in its reasonable discretion to be necessary or appropriate:

	•	to provide for the proper conduct of our business and the business of Enterprise Parent (including reserves for future capital expenditures and for Enterprise Parent’s anticipated future credit needs),

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	•	to provide funds for distributions to Enterprise Parent’s unitholders and its general partner for any one or more of the next four calendar quarters, or
	•	to comply with applicable law or any of Enterprise Parent’s loan or other agreements.

Although Enterprise Parent’s payment obligations to its unitholders are subordinate to its obligations as guarantor of the notes, the value of Enterprise Parent’s units will decrease in direct correlation with decreases in the amount it distributes per unit. Accordingly, if Enterprise Parent experiences a liquidity problem in the future, it may not be able to issue equity to recapitalize, and we may not be able to service the notes or repay them at maturity.

	Federal and state statutes allow courts, under specific circumstances, to void subsidiary guarantees.

      The indenture governing the notes does not require any subsidiary to guarantee the notes unless that subsidiary guarantees or co-issues other Funded Debt of ours as described under “Description of Exchange Notes — Potential Guarantee of Notes by Subsidiaries.” Initially, there will be no subsidiary guarantors. Various fraudulent conveyance laws have been enacted for the protection of creditors, and a court may use these laws to subordinate or avoid any subsidiary guarantee that may be delivered in the future. A court could avoid or subordinate a subsidiary guarantee in favor of that subsidiary guarantor’s other creditors if the court found that either:

	•	the guarantee was incurred with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud any present or future creditor or the subsidiary guarantor contemplated insolvency with a design to favor one or more creditors to the exclusion in whole or in part of others; or
	•	the subsidiary guarantor did not receive fair consideration or reasonably equivalent value for issuing its subsidiary guarantee;

and, in either case, the subsidiary guarantor, at the time it issued the subsidiary guarantee:

	•	was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of the issuance of the subsidiary guarantee;
	•	was engaged or about to engage in a business or transaction for which its remaining assets constituted unreasonably small capital; or
	•	intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they matured.

      Among other things, a legal challenge of the subsidiary guarantee on fraudulent conveyance grounds may focus on the benefits, if any, realized by the subsidiary guarantor as a result of our issuance of the notes or the delivery of the subsidiary guarantee. To the extent the subsidiary guarantee was avoided as a fraudulent conveyance or held unenforceable for any other reason, you would cease to have any claim against that subsidiary guarantor and would be solely a creditor of us and of any subsidiary guarantors whose subsidiary guarantees were not avoided or held unenforceable. In that event, your claims against the issuer of an invalid subsidiary guarantee would be subject to the prior payment of all liabilities of that subsidiary guarantor.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

      Each exchange offer is intended to satisfy our obligations under the applicable registration rights agreement. We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the exchange notes in the exchange offers. In consideration for issuing the exchange notes as contemplated by this prospectus, we will receive outstanding notes in a like principal amount. The form and terms of each series of exchange notes are identical in all respects to the form and terms of the applicable series of outstanding notes, except the exchange notes do not include certain transfer restrictions, registration rights or provisions for additional interest. Outstanding notes surrendered in exchange for the exchange notes will be retired and cancelled and will not be reissued. Accordingly, the issuance of the exchange notes will not result in any change in our outstanding indebtedness.

      We received net proceeds of approximately $1,983.7 million from the sale of the outstanding notes on October 4, 2004. We used the net proceeds to repay indebtedness that we incurred under our new revolving credit facilities in order to:

	•	extinguish approximately $960.5 million of the indebtedness outstanding under GulfTerra’s revolving credit facility and its two senior secured term loans; and
	•	fund the purchase price of our tender offers for GulfTerra’s outstanding senior and senior subordinated notes of approximately $1.1 billion.

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

      The ratios of earnings to fixed charges for Enterprise Parent for each of the periods indicated are as follows:

																				Nine Months Ended
Year Ended December 31,																				September 30,
1999				2000				2001				2002				2003				2004
	5.8				6.4				5.1				2.1				2.0				2.5

      For purposes of computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, “earnings” is the aggregate of the following items:

	•	pre-tax income or loss from continuing operations before adjustment for minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries or income or loss from equity investees;
	•	plus fixed charges;
	•	plus distributed income of equity investees;
	•	less capitalized interest; and
	•	less minority interest in pre-tax income of subsidiaries that have not incurred fixed charges.

The term “fixed charges” means the sum of the following:

	•	interest expense and capitalized , including amortized premiums, discounts and capitalized expenses related to indebtedness; and
	•	an estimate of the interest within rental expenses.

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EXCHANGE OFFERS

      We sold the outstanding notes on October 4, 2004, pursuant to the purchase agreement dated as of September 23, 2004, by and among us, Enterprise Parent and the initial purchasers named therein. The outstanding notes were subsequently offered by the initial purchasers to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to non-U.S. persons pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.

Purpose and Effect of the Exchange Offers

      In connection with the issuance of the outstanding notes, we, Enterprise Parent and the initial purchasers entered into a registration rights agreement with respect to each series of outstanding notes. Pursuant to the registration rights agreement, we agreed to:

	•	file with the Commission, no later than 120 days after the closing date of the offering of the outstanding notes, an exchange offer registration statement under the Securities Act for the exchange notes; and
	•	use our reasonable best efforts to cause the exchange offer registration statement for the exchange notes to become effective no later than 210 days after the closing date.

      When the exchange offer registration statement is effective, we will offer the holders of the outstanding notes who are able to make certain representations described below the opportunity to exchange their notes for the exchange notes of the same series in the exchange offers. Each exchange offer will be conducted independently from the other exchange offers, and consummation of one exchange offer will not be conditioned upon consummation of any other. Each exchange offer will be open for a period of at least 20 business days, ending no later than 45 days after the exchange offer registration statement becomes effective. During the exchange offer period, we will exchange the exchange notes for all outstanding notes of the same series properly surrendered and not withdrawn before the expiration date. The exchange notes will be registered and the transfer restrictions, registration rights and provisions for additional interest relating to the outstanding notes will not apply to the exchange notes.

      Under the existing interpretations by the staff of the Commission, the exchange notes generally will be freely transferable after the exchange offers without further registration under the Securities Act, except that broker-dealers receiving exchange notes in the exchange offers will be subject to a prospectus delivery requirement with respect to resales of those exchange notes. The staff of the Commission has taken the position that participating broker-dealers may fulfill their prospectus delivery requirements with respect to the exchange notes (other than a resale of an unsold allotment from the original sale of the outstanding notes) by delivery of the prospectus contained in the exchange offer registration statement. Under the registration rights agreement, we are required to allow participating broker-dealers and other persons, if any, subject to similar prospectus delivery requirements to use this prospectus in connection with the resale of such exchange notes. We have agreed to keep the exchange offer registration statement effective for up to 210 days following consummation of the exchange offer in order to permit resales of exchange notes acquired by any person subject to prospectus delivery requirements in after-market transactions.

      If you wish to participate in the exchange offers, you will be required to make certain representations, including representations that:

	•	any exchange notes received by you will be acquired in the ordinary course of your business;
	•	you have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution, within the meaning of the Securities Act, of the outstanding notes or the exchange notes;
	•	you are not an affiliate, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, of us or Enterprise Parent, or if you are an affiliate, you will comply with the applicable registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

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      If you are not a broker-dealer, you will be required to represent that you are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, the distribution of the exchange notes. If you are a broker-dealer that will receive exchange notes for your own account in exchange for outstanding notes that you acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, you will be required to acknowledge that you will deliver this prospectus in connection with any resale of the exchange notes.

      We have agreed that if:

	•	we are not permitted to consummate an exchange offer because it is not permitted by applicable law or Commission policy;
	•	because of any changes in law or in currently prevailing interpretations of the staff of the Commission, the holder of notes of any series (other than an initial purchaser holding notes of that series acquired directly from us) advises us within 20 business days after the consummation of the exchange offer respecting such series of notes that it is not permitted to participate in such exchange offer;
	•	the holder of notes of any series that participates in an exchange offer does not receive exchange notes of the same series that may be sold without restriction under state and federal securities laws (other than due solely to the status of such holder as our affiliate) and requests us to include the notes in a shelf registration statement within 20 business days after the consummation of the exchange offer respecting such series of notes; or
	•	any of the initial purchasers at the time of an exchange offer respecting any series of notes holds notes of that series having, or likely to be determined to have, the status of an unsold allotment in the initial distribution and requests us to include the notes in a shelf registration statement within 20 business days after the consummation of the exchange offer;

then we will file with the Commission a shelf registration statement covering resales of the outstanding notes of the applicable series within 90 days of the request by any affected holder of the notes. Holders who wish to sell their outstanding notes under the shelf registration statement must satisfy certain conditions relating to the provision of information in connection with the shelf registration statement.

      We will use our reasonable efforts to cause the shelf registration statement to become effective on or prior to 180 days after the receipt of the shelf registration request and to remain effective for a period ending on the earlier of:

	•	the second anniversary of the closing date or, if Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act is amended to provide a shorter restrictive period, such shorter period; or
	•	until there are no longer outstanding any securities eligible for registration under the registration rights agreement.

      A holder of the outstanding notes that sells the outstanding notes pursuant to the shelf registration statement:

	•	generally will be required to be named as a selling securityholder in the related prospectus and to deliver a prospectus to the purchaser;
	•	will be subject to certain of the civil liability provisions of the Securities Act in connection with such sales; and
	•	will be bound by the provisions of the registration rights agreement applicable to that holder, including indemnification obligations.

      We will pay additional interest on the outstanding notes, over and above the stated interest rate, at a rate of 0.25% per year during the period any of the following conditions exist:

	•	we have not filed the exchange offer registration statement or a shelf registration statement within 120 days following the closing date of the offering of the outstanding notes;

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	•	we have not filed a shelf registration statement within 90 days following a request to do so;
	•	the exchange offer registration statement is not declared effective by the Commission within 210 days following the closing date;
	•	a shelf registration statement is not declared effective within 180 days following the request to file it;
	•	we have not issued exchange notes for all notes of that series validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the related exchange offer on or prior to 45 days after the date on which the exchange offer registration statement was declared effective; or
	•	either of the exchange offer registration statement or shelf registration statement has been declared effective but ceases to be effective.

      The foregoing circumstances under which we may be required to pay additional interest are not cumulative. In no event will the additional interest on the outstanding notes exceed 0.25% per year. Further, any additional interest will cease to accrue when all of the events described above have been cured or upon the expiration of the second anniversary of the closing date, or, if Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act is amended to provide a shorter restrictive period, the applicable shorter period. All additional interest shall cease to accrue at any time that there are no notes outstanding that are subject to any registration rights under the registration rights agreement. The receipt of additional interest will be the sole monetary remedy available to a holder if we fail to meet these obligations.

      The description of the registration rights agreement contained in this section is a summary only. For more information, you should review the provisions of the registration rights agreement that we filed with the Commission as an exhibit to Enterprise Parent’s Current Report on Form 8-K on October 6, 2004.

Resale of Exchange Notes

      Based on no-action letters of the Commission staff issued to third parties, we believe that exchange notes may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by you without further compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act if:

	•	you are not an “affiliate” of us or Enterprise Parent within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act;
	•	such exchange notes are acquired in the ordinary course of your business; and
	•	you do not intend to participate in a distribution of the exchange notes.

      The Commission, however, has not considered the exchange offers for the exchange notes in the context of a no-action letter, and the Commission may not make a similar determination as in the no-action letters issued to these third parties.

      If you tender in the exchange offers with the intention of participating in any manner in a distribution of the exchange notes, you

	•	cannot rely on such interpretations by the Commission staff; and
	•	must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction.

      Unless an exemption from registration is otherwise available, any securityholder intending to distribute exchange notes should be covered by an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. The registration statement should contain the selling securityholder’s information required by Item 507 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

      This prospectus may be used for an offer to resell, resale or other transfer of exchange notes only as specifically described in this prospectus. If you are a broker-dealer, you may participate in the exchange offers only if you acquired the outstanding notes as a result of market-making activities or other trading

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Terms of the Exchange Offers

      Subject to the terms and conditions described in this prospectus and in the applicable letter of transmittal, we will accept for exchange any outstanding notes properly tendered and not withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date of the applicable exchange offer. We will issue exchange notes in principal amount equal to the principal amount of outstanding notes surrendered in the exchange offers. Outstanding notes may be tendered only for exchange notes and only in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.

      None of the exchange offers is conditioned upon any minimum aggregate principal amount of outstanding notes being tendered in the exchange offer. Each exchange offer will be conducted independently from the other exchange offers, and consummation of one exchange offer will not be conditioned upon consummation of any other.

      As of the date of this prospectus, $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 4.000% Series A Senior Notes due 2007, $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 4.625% Series A Senior Notes due 2009, $650,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5.600% Series A Senior Notes due 2014 and $350,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 6.650% Series A Senior Notes due 2034 are outstanding. This prospectus is being sent to DTC, the sole registered holder of the outstanding notes, and to all persons that we can identify as beneficial owners of the outstanding notes. There will be no fixed record date for determining registered holders of outstanding notes entitled to participate in the exchange offers.

      We intend to conduct the exchange offers in accordance with the provisions of the registration rights agreement, the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the “Exchange Act,” and the rules and regulations of the Commission. Outstanding notes whose holders do not tender for exchange in the exchange offers will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest. These outstanding notes will be entitled to the rights and benefits such holders have under the indenture relating to the outstanding notes and the registration rights agreement.

      We will be deemed to have accepted for exchange properly tendered outstanding notes when we have given oral or written notice of the acceptance to the exchange agent and complied with the applicable provisions of the applicable registration rights agreement. The exchange agent will act as agent for the tendering holders for the purposes of receiving the exchange notes from us.

      If you tender outstanding notes in the exchange offers, you will not be required to pay brokerage commissions or fees or, subject to the letter of transmittal, transfer taxes with respect to the exchange of outstanding notes. We will pay all charges and expenses, other than certain applicable taxes described below, in connection with the exchange offers. Please read “— Fees and Expenses” for more details regarding fees and expenses incurred in connection with the exchange offers.

      We will return any outstanding notes that we do not accept for exchange for any reason without expense to their tendering holder promptly after the expiration or termination of the exchange offers.

Expiration Date

      Each exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 2, 2005, unless, in our sole discretion, we extend it. We may extend one exchange offer without extending any other.

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Extensions, Delays in Acceptance, Termination or Amendment

      We expressly reserve the right, at any time or various times, to extend the period of time during which any exchange offer is open. We may delay acceptance of any outstanding notes by giving oral or written notice of such extension to their holders at any time until the applicable exchange offer expires or terminates. During any such extensions, all outstanding notes previously tendered will remain subject to the applicable exchange offer, and we may accept them for exchange.

      To extend any exchange offer, we will notify the exchange agent orally or in writing of any extension. We will notify the registered holders of outstanding notes of the extension no later than 9:00 a.m. New York City time on the business day after the previously scheduled expiration date.

      If any of the conditions described below under “— Conditions to the Exchange Offers” have not been satisfied, we reserve the right, in our sole discretion

	•	to delay accepting for exchange any outstanding notes,
	•	to extend any exchange offer, or
	•	to terminate any exchange offer,

by giving oral or written notice of such delay, extension or termination to the exchange agent. Subject to the terms of the registration rights agreement. We also reserve the right to amend the terms of any exchange offer in any manner.

      Any such delay in acceptance, extension, termination or amendment will be followed as promptly as practicable by oral or written notice thereof to holders of the applicable series of outstanding notes. If we amend an exchange offer in a manner that we determine to constitute a material change, we will promptly disclose such amendment by means of a prospectus supplement. The prospectus supplement will be distributed to holders of the applicable outstanding notes. Depending upon the significance of the amendment and the manner of disclosure to holders, we will extend the applicable exchange offer if it would otherwise expire during such period. If an amendment constitutes a material change to an exchange offer, including the waiver of a material condition, we will extend the applicable exchange offer, if necessary, to remain open for at least five business days after the date of the amendment. In the event of any increase or decrease in the price of the outstanding notes or in the percentage of outstanding notes being sought by us, we will extend the applicable exchange offer to remain open for at least 10 business days after the date we provide notice of such increase or decrease to the registered holders of outstanding notes.

Conditions to the Exchange Offers

      We will not be required to accept for exchange, or exchange any exchange notes for, any outstanding notes if the applicable exchange offer, or the making of any exchange by a holder of outstanding notes, would violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the Commission. Similarly, we may terminate any exchange offer as provided in this prospectus before accepting outstanding notes for exchange in the event of such a potential violation.

      We will not be obligated to accept for exchange the outstanding notes of any holder that has not made to us the representations described under “— Purpose and Effect of the Exchange Offers,” “— Procedures for Tendering” and “Plan of Distribution” and such other representations as may be reasonably necessary under applicable Commission rules, regulations or interpretations to allow us to use an appropriate form to register the exchange notes under the Securities Act.

      Additionally, we will not accept for exchange any outstanding notes tendered, and will not issue exchange notes in exchange for any such outstanding notes, if at such time any stop order has been threatened or is in effect with respect to the exchange offer registration statement of which this prospectus constitutes a part or the qualification of the indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

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      We expressly reserve the right to amend or terminate any exchange offer, and to reject for exchange any outstanding notes not previously accepted for exchange, upon the occurrence of any of the conditions to the exchange offer specified above. We will give oral or written notice of any extension, amendment, non-acceptance or termination to the holders of the applicable series of outstanding notes as promptly as practicable.

      These conditions are for our sole benefit, and we may assert them or waive them in whole or in part at any time or at various times prior to the expiration of the exchange offers in our sole discretion. If we fail at any time to exercise any of these rights, this failure will not mean that we have waived our rights. Each such right will be deemed an ongoing right that we may assert at any time or at various times prior to the expiration of the exchange offers.

      Each exchange offer is independent of any other, and the closing of one exchange offer is not conditioned upon the closing of any other.

Procedures for Tendering

      To participate in the exchange offers, you must properly tender your outstanding notes to the exchange agent as described below. We will only issue exchange notes in exchange for outstanding notes that you timely and properly tender. Therefore, you should allow sufficient time to ensure timely delivery of the outstanding notes, and you should follow carefully the instructions on how to tender your outstanding notes. It is your responsibility to properly tender your outstanding notes. We have the right to waive any defects. However, we are not required to waive defects, and neither we, nor the exchange agent is required to notify you of defects in your tender.

      If you have any questions or need help in exchanging your outstanding notes, please call the exchange agent whose address and phone number are described in the applicable letter of transmittal included as Annexes A, B, C and D to this prospectus.

      All of the outstanding notes were issued in book-entry form, and all of the outstanding notes are currently represented by a global certificate held by Cede & Co. for the account of DTC. We have confirmed with DTC that the outstanding notes may be tendered using ATOP. The exchange agent will establish an account with DTC for purposes of each exchange offer promptly after the commencement of the exchange offers, and DTC participants may electronically transmit their acceptance of the applicable exchange offer by causing DTC to transfer their outstanding notes to the exchange agent using the ATOP procedures. In connection with the transfer, DTC will send an “agent’s message” to the exchange agent. The agent’s message will state that DTC has received instructions from the participant to tender outstanding notes and that the participant agrees to be bound by the terms of the applicable letter of transmittal.

      By using the ATOP procedures to exchange outstanding notes, you will not be required to deliver a letter of transmittal to the exchange agent. However, you will be bound by its terms just as if you had signed it.

      There is no procedure for guaranteed late delivery of the outstanding notes.

      Determinations Under the Exchange Offers. We will determine in our sole discretion all questions as to the validity, form, eligibility, time of receipt, acceptance of tendered outstanding notes and withdrawal of tendered outstanding notes. Our determination will be final and binding. We reserve the absolute right to reject any outstanding notes not properly tendered or any outstanding notes our acceptance of which would, in the opinion of our counsel, be unlawful. We also reserve the right to waive any defect, irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular outstanding notes. Our interpretation of the terms and conditions of any exchange offer, including the instructions in the applicable letter of transmittal, will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, all defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of outstanding notes must be cured within such time as we shall determine. Although we intend to notify holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of outstanding notes, neither we, the exchange agent nor any other person will incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of

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      When We Will Issue Exchange Notes. In all cases, we will issue exchange notes for outstanding notes that we have accepted for exchange under an exchange offer only after the exchange agent receives, prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date,

	•	a book-entry confirmation of such outstanding notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC; and
	•	a properly transmitted agent’s message.

      Return of Outstanding Notes Not Accepted or Exchanged. If we do not accept any tendered outstanding notes for exchange or if outstanding notes are submitted for a greater principal amount than the holder desires to exchange, the unaccepted or non-exchanged outstanding notes will be returned without expense to their tendering holder. Such non-exchanged outstanding notes will be credited to an account maintained with DTC. These actions will occur as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination of an exchange offer.

      Your Representations to Us. By agreeing to be bound by the applicable letter of transmittal, you will represent to us that, among other things:

	•	any exchange notes that you receive will be acquired in the ordinary course of your business;
	•	you have no arrangement or understanding with any person or entity to participate in the distribution of the exchange notes;
	•	you are not engaged in and do not intend to engage in the distribution of the exchange notes;
	•	if you are a broker-dealer that will receive exchange notes for your own account in exchange for outstanding notes, you acquired those outstanding notes as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and you will deliver this prospectus, as required by law, in connection with any resale of the exchange notes; and
	•	you are not an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, of us or Enterprise Parent.

Withdrawal of Tenders

      Except as otherwise provided in this prospectus, you may withdraw your tender at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date of the applicable exchange offer. For a withdrawal to be effective you must comply with the appropriate ATOP procedures. Any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at DTC to be credited with withdrawn outstanding notes and otherwise comply with the ATOP procedures.

      We will determine all questions as to the validity, form, eligibility and time of receipt of a notice of withdrawal. Our determination shall be final and binding on all parties. We will deem any outstanding notes so withdrawn not to have been validly tendered for exchange for purposes of the applicable exchange offer.

      Any outstanding notes that have been tendered for exchange but that are not exchanged for any reason will be credited to an account maintained with DTC for the outstanding notes. This return or crediting will take place as soon as practicable after withdrawal, rejection of tender, expiration or termination of an exchange offer. You may retender properly withdrawn outstanding notes by following the procedures described under “— Procedures for Tendering” above at any time on or prior to the expiration date of the applicable exchange offer.

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Fees and Expenses

      We will bear the expenses of soliciting tenders. The principal solicitation is being made by mail; however, we may make additional solicitation by telegraph, telephone or in person by our officers and regular employees and those of our affiliates.

      We have not retained any dealer-manager in connection with the exchange offers and will not make any payments to broker-dealers or others soliciting acceptances of the exchange offers. We will, however, pay the exchange agent reasonable and customary fees for its services and reimburse it for its related reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.

      We will pay the cash expenses to be incurred in connection with each exchange offer. They include:

	•	Commission registration fees;
	•	fees and expenses of the exchange agent and trustee;
	•	accounting and legal fees and printing costs; and
	•	related fees and expenses.

Transfer Taxes

      We will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the exchange of outstanding notes under each exchange offer. The tendering holder, however, will be required to pay any transfer taxes, whether imposed on the registered holder or any other person, if a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of outstanding notes under the exchange offers.

Consequences of Failure to Exchange

      If you do not exchange your outstanding notes for exchange notes under the applicable exchange offer, the outstanding notes you hold will continue to be subject to the existing restrictions on transfer. In general, you may not offer or sell the outstanding notes except under an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. We do not intend to register outstanding notes under the Securities Act unless the registration rights agreement requires us to do so.

Accounting Treatment

      We will record the exchange notes in our accounting records at the same carrying value as the outstanding notes. This carrying value is the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes less any bond discount, as reflected in our accounting records on the date of exchange. Accordingly, we will not recognize any gain or loss for accounting purposes in connection with the exchange offers.

Other

      Participation in an exchange offer is voluntary, and you should consider carefully whether to accept. You are urged to consult your financial and tax advisors in making your own decision on what action to take.

      We may in the future seek to acquire untendered outstanding notes in open market or privately negotiated transactions, through subsequent exchange offers or otherwise. We have no present plans to acquire any outstanding notes that are not tendered in the exchange offers or to file a registration statement to permit resales of any untendered outstanding notes.

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DESCRIPTION OF EXCHANGE NOTES

      The exchange notes will be issued and the outstanding notes were issued under an Indenture dated as of October 4, 2004 among Enterprise Products Operating L.P., as issuer (the “Issuer”), Enterprise Products Partners L.P., as parent guarantor (the “Parent Guarantor”), any Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined below) party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by supplemental indentures creating the notes of each series (the “Indenture”). You can find the definition of various terms used in this Description of Exchange Notes under “— Certain Definitions” below.

      This Description of Exchange Notes is intended to be a useful overview of the material provisions of the exchange notes, the guarantees, and the Indenture. Since this Description of Exchange Notes is only a summary, you should refer to the exchange notes and the Indenture, forms of which are available from us, for a complete description of our obligations and your rights.

      References in this Description of Exchange Notes to the “Issuer” or “we” or “us” mean only Enterprise Products Operating L.P. and not its subsidiaries. References to the “Parent Guarantor” mean only Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and not its subsidiaries, and references to the “Subsidiary Guarantors” mean any subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor that guarantee the notes in the future. The term “Guarantors” includes both the Parent Guarantor and any Subsidiary Guarantor. References to the “notes” in this section of the prospectus include both the outstanding notes issued on October 4, 2004 and the exchange notes.

      If the exchange offer for a series of notes is consummated, holders of notes of that series who do not exchange their notes for exchange notes of the same series will vote together with the holders of the exchange notes of that series for all relevant purposes under the Indenture. In that regard, the Indenture requires that certain actions by the holders under the Indenture (including acceleration after an Event of Default) must be taken, and certain rights must be exercised, by specified minimum percentages of the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding debt securities issued under the Indenture or of a specified series of debt securities under the Indenture. In determining whether holders of the requisite percentage in principal amount have given any notice, consent or waiver or taken any other action permitted under the Indenture, any notes of a series that remain outstanding after the exchange offer will be aggregated with the exchange notes of the same series, and the holders of these notes and exchange notes will vote together as a single series for all such purposes. Accordingly, all references in this Description of Exchange Notes to specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes of any series mean, at any time after the exchange offer for the notes of that series is consummated, such percentage in aggregate principal amount of such notes and the exchange notes of the same series then outstanding.

General

      The Notes. The notes:

	•	are general unsecured, senior obligations of the Issuer;
	•	constitute four series of debt securities issued under the Indenture, and each series is initially limited to the following aggregate principal amount: the 2007 notes, $500 million; the 2009 notes, $500 million; the 2014 notes, $650 million; and the 2034 notes, $350 million;
	•	mature on October 15, 2007, in the case of the 2007 notes; October 15, 2009, in the case of the 2009 notes; October 15, 2014, in the case of the 2014 notes; and October 15, 2034, in the case of the 2034 notes;
	•	are issued in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000;
	•	are represented by one or more notes in global form registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC, and deposited with the Trustee as custodian for DTC. In certain circumstances, the notes may be in definitive form; and

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	•	are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured, unsubordinated basis by the Parent Guarantor, and in certain circumstances may be guaranteed in the future on the same basis by one or more Subsidiary Guarantors.

      Interest. Interest on the notes will:

	•	accrue from October 4, 2004 at the rate of 4.000% per annum, in the case of the 2007 notes; 4.625% per annum, in the case of the 2009 notes; 5.600% per annum, in the case of the 2014 notes; and 6.650% per annum, in the case of the 2034 notes;
	•	accrue from the date of issuance or the most recent interest payment date;
	•	be payable in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing on April 15, 2005;
	•	be payable to holders of record on the April 1 and October 1 immediately preceding the related interest payment dates; and
	•	be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

      Payment and Transfer.

      Initially, the notes will be issued only in global form. Beneficial interests in notes in global form will be shown on, and transfers of interests in notes in global form will be made only through, records maintained by DTC and its participants. Notes in definitive form, if any, may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange at the office or agency maintained by us for such purpose (which initially will be the corporate trust office of the Trustee located at 45 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10002).

      Payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on notes in global form registered in the name of DTC’s nominee will be made in immediately available funds to DTC’s nominee, as the registered holder of such global notes. If any of the notes is no longer represented by a global note, payment of interest on the notes in definitive form may, at our option, be made at the corporate trust office of the Trustee indicated above or by check mailed directly to holders at their respective registered addresses or by wire transfer to an account designated by a holder.

      No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of notes, but we may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. We are not required to register the transfer of or exchange any note selected for redemption or for a period of 15 days before mailing a notice of redemption of notes of the same series.

      The registered holder of a note will be treated as the owner of it for all purposes, and all references in this Description of Exchange Notes to “holders” mean holders of record, unless otherwise indicated.

      Replacement of Notes.

      We will replace any mutilated, destroyed, stolen or lost notes at the expense of the holder upon surrender of the mutilated notes to the Trustee or evidence of destruction, loss or theft of a note satisfactory to us and the Trustee. In the case of a destroyed, lost or stolen note, we may require an indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee and to us before a replacement note will be issued.

Further Issuances

      We may from time to time, without notice or the consent of the holders of the notes of any series, create and issue further notes of that series ranking equally and ratably with the original notes in all respects (or in all respects except for the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such further notes), so that such further notes form a single series with the original notes and have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the original notes.

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Optional Redemption

      The notes of each series are redeemable, at our option, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, at a price equal to the greater of:

	•	100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed; or
	•	the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (at the rate in effect on the date of calculation of the redemption price) on the notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the applicable Treasury Yield plus 20 basis points, in the case of the 2007 notes, 25 basis points in the case of the 2009 notes, 30 basis points in the case of the 2014 notes, and 30 basis points in the case of the 2034 notes;
	•	plus, in either case, accrued interest to the Redemption Date.

      The actual redemption price, calculated as provided below, will be calculated and certified to the Trustee and us by the Independent Investment Banker.

      Notes called for redemption become due on the Redemption Date. Notices of optional redemption will be mailed at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each holder of the notes to be redeemed at its registered address. The notice of optional redemption for the notes will state, among other things, the amount of notes to be redeemed, the Redemption Date, the method of calculating the redemption price and each place that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of notes to be redeemed. Unless we default in payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on any notes that have been called for redemption at the Redemption Date. If less than all of the notes are redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select the notes to be redeemed on a pro rata basis or by any other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. Unless we default in payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Redemption Date with respect to any notes called for optional redemption.

      For purposes of determining the optional redemption price, the following definitions are applicable:

      “Treasury Yield” means, with respect to any Redemption Date applicable to the notes, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity (computed as of the third business day immediately preceding such Redemption Date) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the applicable Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.

      “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining terms of the notes to be redeemed; provided, however, that if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date for such notes, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to such United States Treasury security will be determined and the treasury rate will be interpolated or extrapolated from those yields on a straight line basis rounding to the nearest month.

      “Independent Investment Banker” means either Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) or Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (and its successors), or, if neither such firm is willing and able to select the applicable Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Trustee and reasonably acceptable to the Issuer.

      “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (a) the bid price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) at 4:00 p.m. on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date, as set forth on “Telerate Page 500” (or such other page as may replace Telerate Page 500), or (b) if such page (or any successor page) is not displayed or does not

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      “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (a) Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC (and its successors) and (b) one other primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City selected by the Independent Investment Banker (each, a “Primary Treasury Dealer”); provided, however, that if either of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Issuer will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

      “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date for the notes, an average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue for the notes (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such Redemption Date.

Ranking

      The notes will be unsecured, unless we are required to secure them pursuant to the limitations on liens covenant described below under “— Certain Covenants — Limitations on Liens.” The notes will also be the unsubordinated obligations of the Issuer and will rank equally with all other existing and future unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer. Each guarantee of the notes will be an unsecured and unsubordinated obligation of the Guarantor and will rank equally with all other existing and future unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantor. The notes and each guarantee will effectively rank junior to any future indebtedness of the Issuer and the Guarantor that is both secured and unsubordinated to the extent of the assets securing such indebtedness, and the notes will effectively rank junior to all indebtedness and other liabilities of the Issuer’s subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors.

Parent Guarantee

      The Parent Guarantor will fully and unconditionally guarantee to each holder and the Trustee, on an unsecured and unsubordinated basis, the full and prompt payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the notes, when and as the same become due and payable, whether at stated maturity, upon redemption, by declaration of acceleration or otherwise.

Potential Guarantee of Notes by Subsidiaries

      Currently, the notes are not guaranteed by any of our Subsidiaries. In the future, however, if our Subsidiaries become guarantors or co-obligors of our Funded Debt (as defined under “— Certain Definitions”), then these Subsidiaries will jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally, guarantee our payment obligations under the notes. We refer to any such Subsidiaries as “Subsidiary Guarantors” and sometimes to such guarantees as “Subsidiary Guarantees.” Each Subsidiary Guarantor will execute a supplement to the indenture to effect its guarantee.

      The obligations of each Guarantor under its guarantee of the notes will be limited to the maximum amount that will not result in the obligations of the Guarantor under the guarantee constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law, after giving effect to:

	•	all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the Guarantor; and
	•	any collection from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its guarantee.

Addition and Release of Subsidiary Guarantors

      The guarantee of any Guarantor may be released under certain circumstances. If we exercise our legal or covenant defeasance option with respect to notes of any series as described below under “— Defeasance and Discharge,” then any Guarantee will be released with respect to that series. Further, if no Default has

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	•	automatically upon any sale, exchange or transfer, whether by way of merger or otherwise, to any person that is not our affiliate, of all of the Parent Guarantor’s direct or indirect limited partnership or other equity interests in the Subsidiary Guarantor;
	•	automatically upon the merger of the Subsidiary Guarantor into us or any other Guarantor or the liquidation and dissolution of the Subsidiary Guarantor; or
	•	following delivery of a written notice by us to the Trustee, upon the release of all guarantees or other obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to any Funded Debt of ours, except the notes.

      If at any time following any release of a Subsidiary Guarantor from its initial guarantee of the notes pursuant to the third bullet point in the preceding paragraph, the Subsidiary Guarantor again guarantees or co-issues any of our Funded Debt (other than our obligations under the Indenture), then the Parent Guarantor will cause the Subsidiary Guarantor to again guarantee the notes in accordance with the Indenture.

No Sinking Fund

      We are not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the notes.

Certain Covenants

      Except as set forth below neither the Issuer nor the Parent Guarantor is restricted by the Indenture from incurring any type of Indebtedness or other obligation, from paying dividends or making distributions on its partnership interests or purchasing or redeeming its partnership interests. The Indenture does not require the maintenance of any financial ratios or specified levels of net worth or liquidity. In addition, the Indenture does not contain any provisions that would require the Issuer to repurchase or redeem or otherwise modify the terms of any of the debt securities upon a change in control or other events involving the Issuer which may adversely affect the creditworthiness of the debt securities.

      Some of the defined terms used in the following summary are defined under “— Certain Definitions.”

      Limitations on Liens. The Parent Guarantor will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur or suffer to exist any mortgage, lien, security interest, pledge, charge or other encumbrance (“liens”) other than Permitted Liens upon any Principal Property or upon any capital stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether owned on the date of the Indenture or thereafter acquired, to secure any Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer or any other person (other than the notes and the other debt securities), without in any such case making effective provision whereby all of the notes and other debt securities outstanding under the Indenture are secured equally and ratably with, or prior to, such Indebtedness so long as such Indebtedness is so secured.

      Notwithstanding the preceding, under the Indenture, the Parent Guarantor may, and may permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume, incur, or suffer to exist any lien upon any Principal Property or capital stock of a Restricted Subsidiary to secure Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor, the Issuer or any other person (other than debt securities issued under the Indenture) other than a Permitted Lien without securing the debt securities issued under the Indenture, provided that the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness then outstanding secured by such lien and all similar liens, together with all Attributable Indebtedness from Sale-Leaseback Transactions (excluding Sale-Leaseback Transactions permitted by clauses (1) through (4), inclusive, of the first paragraph of the restriction on sale-leasebacks covenant described below), does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

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      Restriction on Sale-Leasebacks. The Parent Guarantor will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, engage in the sale or transfer by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any Principal Property to a person (other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary) and the taking back by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, as the case may be, of a lease of such Principal Property (a “Sale-Leaseback Transaction”), unless:

	(1) such Sale-Leaseback Transaction occurs within one year from the date of completion of the acquisition of the Principal Property subject thereto or the date of the completion of construction, development or substantial repair or improvement, or commencement of full operations on such Principal Property, whichever is later;
	(2) the Sale-Leaseback Transaction involves a lease for a period, including renewals, of not more than three years;
	(3) the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary would be entitled to incur Indebtedness secured by a lien on the Principal Property subject thereto in a principal amount equal to or exceeding the Attributable Indebtedness from such Sale-Leaseback Transaction without equally and ratably securing the notes; or
	(4) the Parent Guarantor or such Subsidiary, within a one-year period after such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, applies or causes to be applied an amount not less than the Attributable Indebtedness from such Sale-Leaseback Transaction to (a) the prepayment, repayment, redemption, reduction or retirement of any Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary that is not subordinated to the notes or any guarantee, or (b) the expenditure or expenditures for Principal Property used or to be used in the ordinary course of business of the Parent Guarantor or its Subsidiaries.

      Notwithstanding the preceding, the Parent Guarantor may, and may permit any Subsidiary to, effect any Sale-Leaseback Transaction that is not excepted by clauses (1) through (4), inclusive, of the first paragraph under “— Restriction on Sale-Leasebacks,” provided that the Attributable Indebtedness from such Sale-Leaseback Transaction, together with the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Indebtedness (other than debt securities issued under the Indenture) secured by liens other than Permitted Liens upon Principal Properties, does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.

      Reports. So long as any notes are outstanding, the Parent Guarantor will:

	•	for as long as it is required to file information with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act, file with the Trustee, within 15 days after it is required to file with the SEC, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports which it is required to file with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act;
	•	if it is not required to file reports with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act, file with the Trustee, within 15 days after it would have been required to file with the SEC, financial statements (and with respect to annual reports, an auditors’ report by a firm of established national reputation) and a Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, both comparable to what it would have been required to file with the SEC had it been subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act; and
	•	if it is required to furnish annual or quarterly reports to its equity holders pursuant to the Exchange Act, it will file these reports with the Trustee and mail them to the holders.

      Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets. Each of the Parent Guarantor and the Issuer may, without the consent of the holders of any of the notes, consolidate with or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into, any partnership, limited liability company or corporation if:

	(1) the partnership, limited liability company or corporation formed by or resulting from any such consolidation or merger or to which such assets have been transferred (the “successor”) is either the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer, as applicable, or assumes all the Parent Guarantor’s or the Issuer’s,

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	as the case may be, obligations and liabilities under the Indenture and the notes (in the case of the Issuer) and the guarantee (in the case of the Parent Guarantor);
	(2) the successor is organized under the laws of the United States, any state or the District of Columbia;
	(3) immediately after giving effect to the transaction no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and
	(4) the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor have delivered to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer complies with the Indenture.

      The successor will be substituted for the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer, as the case may be, in the Indenture with the same effect as if it had been an original party to the Indenture. Thereafter, the successor may exercise the rights and powers of the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer, as the case may be, under the Indenture. If the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer conveys or transfers all or substantially all of its assets, it will be released from all liabilities and obligations under the Indenture and under the notes (in the case of the Issuer) and its guarantee (in the case of the Guarantor) except that no such release will occur in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of its assets.

Events of Default

      Each of the following is an Event of Default under the Indenture with respect to a series of notes:

	(1) default in any payment of interest on the notes of that series when due, continued for 30 days;
	(2) default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on the notes of that series when due at its stated maturity, upon redemption, upon declaration or otherwise;
	(3) failure by the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer to comply for 60 days after notice with its other agreements respecting that series;
	(4) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer or any Guarantor (the “bankruptcy provisions”); or
	(5) any guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or any Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under the Indenture or its guarantee.

However, a default under clause (3) of this paragraph will not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding notes of that series notify the Issuer or the Parent Guarantor of the default and such default is not cured within the time specified in clause (3) of this paragraph after receipt of such notice.

      An Event of Default for a particular series of notes will not necessarily constitute an Event of Default for any other series of notes or for any other series of debt securities that may be issued under the Indenture. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in clause (4) above) with respect to a series of notes occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Issuer, or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding notes of that series by notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such holders shall, declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the notes of that series to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal, premium and accrued and unpaid interest will be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default described in clause (4) above occurs, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all debt securities outstanding under the Indenture, including the notes, will become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration of acceleration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holders.

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      The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding notes of a particular series may rescind any acceleration with respect to the notes of that series and annul its consequences if rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and all existing Events of Default with respect to the notes of that series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the notes of that series that have become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived.

      Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee if an Event of Default with respect to a series of notes occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of notes of that series, unless such holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any cost, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest when due, no holder of notes of any series may pursue any remedy with respect to the Indenture or the notes of that series, unless:

	(1) such holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default with respect to the notes of that series is continuing;
	(2) holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding notes of that series have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
	(3) such holders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any cost, liability or expense;
	(4) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and
	(5) the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding notes of that series have not given the Trustee a direction that, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

      Subject to certain restrictions, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding notes of each series have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the notes of that series. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other holder of notes of that series or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

      The Indenture provides that if a Default (that is, an event that is, or after notice or the passage of time would be, an Event of Default) with respect to the notes of a particular series occurs and is continuing and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee must mail to each holder of notes of that series notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the notes of that series, the Trustee may withhold such notice, but only if and so long as the Trustee in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the holders of notes of that series. In addition, the Issuer is required to deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an officers’ certificate as to compliance with all covenants under the Indenture and indicating whether the signers thereof know of any Default or Event of Default that occurred during the previous year. The Issuer also is required to deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, an officers’ certificate specifying any Default or Event of Default, its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof.

Amendments and Waivers

      Amendments of the Indenture may be made by the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of all debt securities of each series affected thereby then outstanding under the Indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender

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	(1) reduce the percentage in principal amount of notes of any series whose holders must consent to an amendment;
	(2) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any note;
	(3) reduce the principal of or extend the stated maturity of any note;
	(4) reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any note or change the time at which any note may be redeemed as described above under “— Optional Redemption;”
	(5) make any notes payable in money other than U.S. dollars;
	(6) impair the right of any holder to receive payment of, premium, if any, principal of and interest on such holder’s note on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such holder’s note;
	(7) make any change in the amendment provisions which require each holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions;
	(8) release any security that may have been granted in respect of the notes; or
	(9) release any Guarantor other than in accordance with the Indenture or modify its guarantee in any manner adverse to the holders.

      The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding notes of each affected series may waive compliance by the Issuer and the Parent Guarantor with certain restrictive covenants on behalf of all holders of notes of such series, including those described under “— Certain Covenants — Limitations on Liens” and “— Certain Covenants — Restriction on Sale-Leasebacks.” The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding notes of that series, on behalf of all such holders, may waive any past Default or Event of Default with respect to the notes of that series (including any such waiver obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the notes), except a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal, premium or interest or in respect of a provision that under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding note affected.

      Without the consent of any holder, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend the Indenture to:

	(1) cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;
	(2) provide for the assumption by a successor of the obligations of the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer under the Indenture;
	(3) provide for uncertificated notes in addition to or in place of certificated debt securities (provided that the uncertificated notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or in a manner such that the uncertificated notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code);
	(4) provide for the addition of any Subsidiary as a Subsidiary Guarantor, or to reflect the release of any Subsidiary Guarantor, in either case as provided in the Indenture;
	(5) secure the note or a guarantee;
	(6) add to the covenants of any Guarantor or the Issuer for the benefit of the holders or surrender any right or power conferred upon any Guarantor or the Issuer;
	(7) make any change that does not adversely affect the rights under the Indenture of any holder;

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	(8) comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; and
	(9) issue any other series of debt securities under the Indenture.

      The consent of the holders is not necessary under the Indenture to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment. It is sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment. After an amendment under the Indenture becomes effective, the Issuer is required to mail to all holders of notes of an affected series a notice briefly describing such amendment. However, the failure to give such notice to all such holders, or any defect therein, will not impair or affect the validity of the amendment.

Defeasance and Discharge

      The Issuer at any time may terminate all its obligations under the Indenture as they relate to the notes of any series (“legal defeasance”), except for certain obligations, including those respecting the defeasance trust and obligations to register the transfer of or exchange the notes of that series, to replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen notes of that series and to maintain a registrar and paying agent in respect of such notes.

      The Issuer at any time may terminate its obligations under covenants described under “— Certain Covenants” (other than “Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets”), the bankruptcy provisions with respect to each Guarantor and the guarantee provision described under “— Events of Default” above with respect to the notes (“covenant defeasance”).

      The Issuer may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option. If the Issuer exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the notes of the defeased series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default. If the Issuer exercises its covenant defeasance option for the notes of a particular series, payment of the notes of that series may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in clause (3), (4) (with respect only to a Guarantor) or (5) under “— Events of Default” above. If the Issuer exercises either its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option, each guarantee will terminate with respect to the notes of the defeased series and any security that may have been granted with respect to such notes will be released.

      In order to exercise either defeasance option, the Issuer must irrevocably deposit in trust (the “defeasance trust”) with the Trustee money, U.S. Government Obligations (as defined in the Indenture) or a combination thereof for the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the notes of the relevant series to redemption or stated maturity, as the case may be, and must comply with certain other conditions, including delivery to the Trustee of an opinion of counsel (subject to customary exceptions and exclusions) to the effect that holders of the notes of that series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred. In the case of legal defeasance only, such opinion of counsel must be based on a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or other change in applicable federal income tax law.

      In the event of any legal defeasance, holders of the notes of the relevant series would be entitled to look only to the trust fund for payment of principal of and any premium and interest on their notes until maturity.

      Although the amount of money and U.S. Government Obligations on deposit with the Trustee would be intended to be sufficient to pay amounts due on the notes of a defeased series at the time of their stated maturity, if we exercise our covenant defeasance option for the notes of any series and the notes are declared due and payable because of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount may not be sufficient to pay amounts due on the notes of that series at the time of the acceleration resulting from such Event of Default. We would remain liable for such payments, however.

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      In addition, we may discharge all our obligations under the Indenture with respect to notes of any series, other than our obligation to register the transfer of and exchange notes of that series, provided that we either:

	•	deliver all outstanding notes of that series to the Trustee for cancellation; or
	•	all such notes not so delivered for cancellation have either become due and payable or will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year or are called for redemption within one year, and in the case of this bullet point we have deposited with the Trustee in trust an amount of cash sufficient to pay the entire indebtedness of such notes, including interest to the stated maturity or applicable Redemption Date.

Certain Definitions

      “Attributable Indebtedness,” when used with respect to any Sale-Leaseback Transaction, means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the rate set forth or implicit in the terms of the lease included in such transaction) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments (other than amounts required to be paid on account of property taxes, maintenance, repairs, insurance, assessments, utilities, operating and labor costs and other items that do not constitute payments for property rights) during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale-Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended). In the case of any lease that is terminable by the lessee upon the payment of a penalty or other termination payment, such amount shall be the lesser of the amount determined assuming termination upon the first date such lease may be terminated (in which case the amount shall also include the amount of the penalty or termination payment, but no rent shall be considered as required to be paid under such lease subsequent to the first date upon which it may be so terminated) or the amount determined assuming no such termination.

      “Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” means, at any date of determination, the total amount of assets of the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries after deducting therefrom:

	(1) all current liabilities (excluding (A) any current liabilities that by their terms are extendable or renewable at the option of the obligor thereon to a time more than 12 months after the time as of which the amount thereof is being computed, and (B) current maturities of long-term debt); and
	(2) the value (net of any applicable reserves) of all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents and other like intangible assets,

all as set forth, or on a pro forma basis would be set forth, on the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Guarantor and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the Parent Guarantor’s most recently completed fiscal quarter, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

      “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor statute.

      “Funded Debt” means all Indebtedness maturing one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, all Indebtedness directly or indirectly renewable or extendible, at the option of the debtor, by its terms or by the terms of any instrument or agreement relating thereto, to a date one year or more from the date of the creation thereof, and all Indebtedness under a revolving credit or similar agreement obligating the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of one year or more.

      “General Partner” means Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors as general partner of the Issuer.

      “Indebtedness” of any person at any date means any obligation created or assumed by such person for the repayment of borrowed money or any guarantee thereof.

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      “Permitted Liens” means:

	(1) liens upon rights-of-way for pipeline purposes;
	(2) any statutory or governmental lien or lien arising by operation of law, or any mechanics’, repairmen’s, materialmen’s, suppliers’, carriers’, landlords’, warehousemen’s or similar lien incurred in the ordinary course of business which is not yet due or which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and any undetermined lien which is incidental to construction, development, improvement or repair; or any right reserved to, or vested in, any municipality or public authority by the terms of any right, power, franchise, grant, license, permit or by any provision of law, to purchase or recapture or to designate a purchaser of, any property;
	(3) liens for taxes and assessments which are (a) for the then current year, (b) not at the time delinquent, or (c) delinquent but the validity or amount of which is being contested at the time by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
	(4) liens of, or to secure performance of, leases, other than capital leases; or any lien securing industrial development, pollution control or similar revenue bonds;
	(5) any lien upon property or assets acquired or sold by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary resulting from the exercise of any rights arising out of defaults on receivables;
	(6) any lien in favor of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary; or any lien upon any property or assets of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary in existence on the date of the execution and delivery of the Indenture;
	(7) any lien in favor of the United States of America or any state thereof, or any department, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision of the United States of America or any state thereof, to secure partial, progress, advance, or other payments pursuant to any contract or statute, or any Indebtedness incurred by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of, or the cost of constructing, developing, repairing or improving, the property or assets subject to such lien;
	(8) any lien incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, temporary disability, social security, retiree health or similar laws or regulations or to secure obligations imposed by statute or governmental regulations;
	(9) liens in favor of any person to secure obligations under provisions of any letters of credit, bank guarantees, bonds or surety obligations required or requested by any governmental authority in connection with any contract or statute; or any lien upon or deposits of any assets to secure performance of bids, trade contracts, leases or statutory obligations;
	(10) any lien upon any property or assets created at the time of acquisition of such property or assets by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary or within one year after such time to secure all or a portion of the purchase price for such property or assets or debt incurred to finance such purchase price, whether such debt was incurred prior to, at the time of or within one year after the date of such acquisition; or any lien upon any property or assets to secure all or part of the cost of construction, development, repair or improvements thereon or to secure Indebtedness incurred prior to, at the time of, or within one year after completion of such construction, development, repair or improvements or the commencement of full operations thereof (whichever is later), to provide funds for any such purpose;
	(11) any lien upon any property or assets existing thereon at the time of the acquisition thereof by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary and any lien upon any property or assets of a person existing thereon at the time such person becomes a Subsidiary by acquisition, merger or otherwise; provided that, in each case, such lien only encumbers the property or assets so acquired or owned by such person at the time such person becomes a Subsidiary;

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	(12) liens imposed by law or order as a result of any proceeding before any court or regulatory body that is being contested in good faith, and liens which secure a judgment or other court-ordered award or settlement as to which the Parent Guarantor or the applicable Subsidiary has not exhausted its appellate rights;
	(13) any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancing, refunding or replacements) of liens, in whole or in part, referred to in clauses (1) through (12) above; provided, however, that any such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement lien shall be limited to the property or assets covered by the lien extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced and that the obligations secured by any such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement lien shall be in an amount not greater than the amount of the obligations secured by the lien extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or replaced and any expenses of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries (including any premium) incurred in connection with such extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or replacement; or
	(14) any lien resulting from the deposit of moneys or evidence of indebtedness in trust for the purpose of defeasing Indebtedness of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary.

      “Principal Property” means, whether owned or leased on the date of the Indenture or thereafter acquired:

	(1) any pipeline assets of the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary, including any related facilities employed in the transportation, distribution, storage or marketing of refined petroleum products, natural gas liquids, and petrochemicals, that are located in the United States or any territory or political subdivision thereof; and
	(2) any processing or manufacturing plant or terminal owned or leased by the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary that is located in the United States or any territory or political subdivision thereof,

      except, in the case of either of the preceding clauses (1) or (2):

	(a) any such assets consisting of inventories, furniture, office fixtures and equipment (including data processing equipment), vehicles and equipment used on, or useful with, vehicles; and
	(b) any such assets, plant or terminal which, in the opinion of the board of directors of the General Partner is not material in relation to the activities of the Issuer or of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

      “Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary owning or leasing, directly or indirectly through ownership in another Subsidiary, any Principal Property.

      “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

      “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor statute.

      “Subsidiary” means:

	(1) the Issuer; or
	(2) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of the equity interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof or any partnership of which more than 50% of the partners’ equity interests (considering all partners’ equity interests as a single class) is, in each case, at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Parent Guarantor, the Issuer or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor or the Issuer or combination thereof.

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Book-Entry, Delivery and Form

      Except as set forth below, the new notes will be issued in registered, global form (the “Global Notes”). The Global Notes will be deposited upon issuance with the Trustee as custodian for DTC in New York, New York, and registered in the name of DTC’s nominee, Cede & Co., in each case for credit to an account of a direct or indirect participant in DTC as described below. Beneficial interests in the Global Notes may be held through the Euroclear System (“Euroclear”) and Clearstream Banking, S.A. (“Clearstream”) (as indirect participants in DTC).

      Except as set forth below, the Global Notes may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of DTC or to a successor of DTC or its nominee. Beneficial interests in the Global Notes may not be exchanged for notes in registered certificated form (“Certificated Notes”) except in the limited circumstances described below. Please read “— Exchanges of Global Notes for Certificated Notes.” Except in the limited circumstances described below, owners of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of Certificated Notes.

      Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be subject to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC and its direct or indirect participants (including, if applicable, those of Euroclear and Clearstream), which may change from time to time.

Depository Procedures

      The following description of the operations and procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream are provided solely as a matter of convenience. These operations and procedures are solely within the control of the respective settlement systems and are subject to changes by them. We take no responsibility for these operations and procedures and urge investors to contact the system or their participants directly to discuss these matters.

      DTC has advised us that DTC is a limited-purpose trust company created to hold securities for its participating organizations (collectively, the “Participants”) and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of transactions in those securities between Participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of its Participants. The Participants include securities brokers and dealers (including the initial purchasers), banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. Access to DTC’s system is also available to other entities such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Participant, either directly or indirectly (collectively, the “Indirect Participants”). Persons who are not Participants may beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only through the Participants or the Indirect Participants. The ownership interests in, and transfers of ownership interests in, each security held by or on behalf of DTC are recorded on the records of the Participants and Indirect Participants.

      We expect that, pursuant to procedures established by DTC:

	(1) upon deposit of the Global Notes, DTC will credit the accounts of Participants designated by the initial purchasers with portions of the principal amount of each of the Global Notes; and
	(2) ownership of these interests in the Global Notes will be shown on, and the transfer of ownership of these interests will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to the Participants) or by the Participants and the Indirect Participants (with respect to other owners of beneficial interests in the Global Notes).

      Investors in the Global Notes who are Participants in DTC’s system may hold their interests therein directly through DTC. Investors in the Global Notes who are not Participants may hold their interests therein indirectly through organizations (including Euroclear and Clearstream) which are Participants in such system. Euroclear and Clearstream may hold interests in the Global Notes on behalf of their participants through customers’ securities accounts in their respective names on the books of their respective depositories, which are Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of Euroclear, and Citibank, N.A., as operator of Clearstream. All interests in a Global Note, including those held through Euroclear or

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      The laws of some states require that certain persons take physical delivery in definitive form of securities that they own. Consequently, the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a Global Note to such persons will be limited to that extent. Because DTC can act only on behalf of Participants, which in turn act on behalf of Indirect Participants, the ability of a person having beneficial interests in a Global Note to pledge such interests to persons that do not participate in the DTC system, or otherwise take actions in respect of such interests, may be affected by the lack of a physical certificate evidencing such interests.

      Except as described below, owners of an interest in the Global Notes will not have notes registered in their names, will not receive physical delivery of Certificated Notes and will not be considered the registered owners or “holders” thereof under the Indenture for any purpose.

      Payments in respect of the principal of, and interest and premium, if any, on a Global Note registered in the name of DTC or its nominee will be payable to DTC or its nominee in its capacity as the registered holder under the Indenture. Under the terms of the Indenture, we, the Guarantors and the Trustee will treat the persons in whose names the notes, including the Global Notes, are registered as the owners of the notes for the purpose of receiving payments and for all other purposes. Consequently, neither we, the Guarantors, the Trustee nor any agent of ours or the Trustee has or will have any responsibility or liability for:

	(1) any aspect of DTC’s records or any Participant’s or Indirect Participant’s records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in the Global Notes or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any of DTC’s records or any Participant’s or Indirect Participant’s records relating to the beneficial ownership interests in the Global Notes; or
	(2) any other matter relating to the actions and practices of DTC or any of its Participants or Indirect Participants.

      We expect that, under DTC’s current practice, at the due date of any payment in respect of securities such as the notes, DTC will credit the accounts of the relevant Participants with the payment on the payment date unless DTC has reason to believe it will not receive payment on such payment date. Each relevant Participant is credited with an amount proportionate to its beneficial ownership of an interest in the principal amount of the notes as shown on the records of DTC. Payments by the Participants and the Indirect Participants to the beneficial owners of notes will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices and will be the responsibility of the Participants or the Indirect Participants and will not be the responsibility of DTC, the Trustee, the Guarantors or us. Neither we, the Guarantors nor the Trustee will be liable for any delay by DTC or any of its Participants in identifying the beneficial owners of the notes, and we, the Guarantors and the Trustee may conclusively rely on and will be protected in relying on instructions from DTC or its nominee for all purposes.

      Cross-market transfers between the Participants in DTC, on the one hand, and Euroclear or Clearstream participants, on the other hand, will be effected through DTC in accordance with DTC’s rules on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by its depositary; however, such cross-market transactions will require delivery of instructions to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, by the counterparty in such system in accordance with the rules and procedures and within the established deadlines (Brussels time) of such system. Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, will, if the transaction meets its settlement requirements, deliver instructions to its respective depositary to take action to effect final settlement on its behalf by delivering or receiving interests in the relevant Global Note in DTC, and making or receiving payment in accordance with normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Euroclear participants and Clearstream participants may not deliver instructions directly to the depositories for Euroclear or Clearstream.

      DTC has advised us that it will take any action permitted to be taken by a holder of notes only at the direction of one or more Participants to whose account DTC has credited the interests in the Global Notes and only in respect of such portion of the aggregate principal amount of the notes as to which such

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      None of us, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any of our respective agents will have any responsibility for the performance by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream or their respective participants or indirect participants of their respective obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.

Exchanges of Global Notes for Certificated Notes

      A Global Note is exchangeable for Certificated Notes of the same series in minimum denominations of $1,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000, if:

	(1) DTC (a) notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the Global Notes or (b) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and in either event we fail to appoint a successor depositary within 90 days; or
	(2) there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default and DTC notifies the Trustee of its decision to exchange the Global Note for Certificated Notes.

      In all cases, Certificated Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests in Global Notes will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures).

      Neither we, the Guarantors nor the Trustee will be liable for any delay by the depositary or its nominee in identifying the holders of beneficial interests in the Global Notes, and each such person may conclusively rely on, and will be protected in relying on, instructions from the depositary for all purposes (including with respect to the registration and delivery, and the respective principal amounts, of the Certificated Notes to be issued).

Same Day Settlement and Payment

      We will make payments in respect of the notes represented by the Global Notes (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the depositary. The notes represented by the Global Notes are expected to trade in DTC’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System, and any permitted secondary market trading activity in such notes will, therefore, be required by DTC to be settled in immediately available funds. We expect that secondary trading in any Certificated Notes will also be settled in immediately available funds.

      Because of time zone differences, the securities account of a Euroclear or Clearstream participant purchasing an interest in a Global Note from a Participant in DTC will be credited, and any such crediting will be reported to the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream participant, during the securities settlement processing day (which must be a business day for Euroclear and Clearstream) immediately following the settlement date of DTC. DTC has advised us that cash received in Euroclear or Clearstream as a result of sales of interests in a Global Note by or through a Euroclear or Clearstream participant to a Participant in DTC will be received with value on the settlement date of DTC but will be available in the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream cash account only as of the business day for Euroclear or Clearstream following DTC’s settlement date.

      If the principal of or any premium or interest on the notes is payable on a day that is not a business day, the payment will be made on the following business day.

      Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and paying agent will pay to us upon written request any money held by them for payments on the notes that remains unclaimed for two years after the date upon which that payment has become due. After payment to us, holders entitled to the money must look to us for payment. In that case, all liability of the Trustee or paying agent with respect to that money will cease.

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No Recourse Against General Partners

      Our general partner, the Parent Guarantor’s general partner and their respective directors, officers, employees and members, as such, shall have no liability for any obligations of any Guarantor or the Issuer under the notes, the Indenture or any guarantee or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder by accepting a note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws, and it is the view of the Commission that such a waiver is against public policy.

Concerning the Trustee

      The Indenture contains certain limitations on the right of the Trustee, should it become our creditor, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize for its own account on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The Trustee is permitted to engage in certain other transactions. However, if it acquires any conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act after a Default has occurred and is continuing, it must eliminate the conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as Trustee or resign.

      If an Event of Default occurs and is not cured or waived, the Trustee is required to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by the Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the Trustee will not be under any obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request of any of the holders of notes unless they have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities it may incur.

      Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is the Trustee under the Indenture and has been appointed by the Issuer as registrar and paying agent with regard to the notes of each series. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is a lender under the Issuer’s multi-year revolving credit facility.

Governing Law

      The Indenture, the notes and each guarantee are governed by, and will be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

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MATERIAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

      The following discussion is a summary of material federal income tax consequences relevant to the exchange of exchange notes for outstanding notes and represents the opinion of our counsel, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. The discussion is based upon the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, Treasury Regulations, Internal Revenue Service rulings and pronouncements and judicial decisions now in effect, all of which may be subject to change at any time by legislative, judicial or administrative action. These changes may be applied retroactively in a manner that could adversely affect a holder of exchange notes. The description does not consider the effect of any applicable foreign, state, local or other tax laws or estate or gift tax considerations.

      The exchange of exchange notes for outstanding notes will not be an exchange or otherwise a taxable event to a holder for United States federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, a holder should have the same adjusted issue price, adjusted basis and holding period in the exchange notes as it had in the outstanding notes immediately before the exchange.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

      Based on interpretations by the staff of the Commission in no-action letters issued to third parties, we believe that you may transfer exchange notes of any series issued under the exchange offers in exchange for the outstanding notes if:

	•	you acquire the exchange notes in the ordinary course of your business; and
	•	you are not engaged in, and do not intend to engage in, and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, a distribution of such exchange notes.

      You may not participate in the exchange offers if you are:

	•	an “affiliate” within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act of us or Enterprise Parent; or
	•	a broker-dealer that acquired outstanding notes directly from us.

      Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes of any series for its own account pursuant to the exchange offers must acknowledge that it will deliver this prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes. To date, the staff of the Commission has taken the position that broker-dealers may fulfill their prospectus delivery requirements with respect to transactions involving an exchange of securities such as these exchange offers, other than a resale of an unsold allotment from the original sale of the outstanding notes, with this prospectus. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of exchange notes received in exchange for outstanding notes where such outstanding notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed that, for a period of up to 210 days after the consummation of the exchange offers, we will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until such date, all dealers effecting transactions in exchange notes may be required to deliver this prospectus.

      If you wish to exchange notes of any series for your outstanding notes of the applicable series in the applicable exchange offer, you will be required to make representations to us as described in “Exchange Offers — Purpose and Effect of the Exchange Offers” and “Exchange Offers — Procedures for Tendering  — Your Representations to Us” in this prospectus. As indicated in the applicable letter of transmittal, you will be deemed to have made these representations by tendering your outstanding notes in the applicable exchange offer. In addition, if you are a broker-dealer who receives exchange notes of any series for your own account in exchange for outstanding notes of the applicable series that were acquired by you as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, you will be required to acknowledge, in the same manner, that you will deliver this prospectus in connection with any resale by you of such exchange notes.

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      We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of exchange notes of any series by broker-dealers. Exchange notes of any series received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the applicable exchange offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions:

	•	in the over-the-counter market;
	•	in negotiated transactions;
	•	through the writing of options on the exchange notes; or
	•	a combination of such methods of resale;

at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.

      Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such exchange notes. Any broker-dealer that resells exchange notes of any series that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the applicable exchange offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such exchange notes may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. Each letter of transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering this prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

      For a period of 210 days after the consummation of the exchange offers, we will promptly send additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the applicable letter of transmittal. We have agreed to pay all reasonable expenses incident to the exchange offers (including the expenses of one counsel for the holders of the outstanding notes) other than commissions or concessions of any broker-dealers and will indemnify the holders of the outstanding notes (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

LEGAL MATTERS

      Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. has issued an opinion about the legality of the exchange notes. Attorneys at Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. who have participated in the preparation of this prospectus, the registration statement of which it is a part and the related transaction documents, beneficially own an aggregate of approximately 3,172 common units of Enterprise Parent.

EXPERTS

      The (1) consolidated financial statements and the related consolidated financial statement schedule of Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and subsidiaries as incorporated in this prospectus, by reference from Enterprise Products Partners L.P.’s Current Report on form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 6, 2004, and (2) the balance sheet of Enterprise Products GP, LLC as of December 31, 2003, incorporated in this prospectus by reference from Exhibit 99.1 to Enterprise Products Partners L.P.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 22, 2004, have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports, which are incorporated herein by reference (each such report expresses an unqualified opinion and the report for Enterprise Products Partners L.P. includes an explanatory paragraph referring to a change in method of accounting for goodwill in 2002 and derivative instruments in 2001 as discussed in Notes 8 and 1, respectively, to Enterprise Products Partners L.P.’s consolidated financial statements), and have been so incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

      The (1) consolidated financial statements of GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P. (“GulfTerra”), (2) the financial statements of Poseidon Oil Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (“Poseidon”) and (3) the combined financial

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      Information derived from the report of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc., independent petroleum engineers and geologists, with respect to GulfTerra’s estimated oil and natural gas reserves has been incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 20, 2004 of Enterprise Parent.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

      Enterprise Parent files annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the Commission. You may read and copy any document Enterprise Parent files at the Commission’s public reference room in Washington, D.C. Please call the Commission at (800) SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms. Its filings are also available to the public at the Commission’s web site at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, documents filed by Enterprise Parent can be inspected at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10002.

      We incorporate by reference in this prospectus the following documents Enterprise Parent has filed with the Commission and any future filings it may make with the Commission under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (other than information furnished under Items 2.02, 7.01, 9 or 12 of any Form 8-K or that is filed in the future but not deemed filed under the Exchange Act), until the termination of the offering made by this prospectus:

	•	Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, except for Items 1, 2, 7 and 8 which have been superseded by the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December 6, 2004, Commission File No. 1-14323;
	•	Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2004, June 30, 2004 and September 30, 2004, Commission File Nos. 1-14323;
	•	Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December 15, 2003, January 6, 2004, February 10, 2004, March 22, 2004, April 16, 2004, April 20, 2004, April 21, 2004, April 26, 2004, April 27, 2004, May 3, 2004, July 29, 2004, August 2, 2004, August 5, 2004, August 11, 2004, August 30, 2004, September 1, 2004, September 7, 2004, September 8, 2004, September 14, 2004, September 17, 2004, September 21, 2004, September 27, 2004, September 28, 2004, October 1, 2004, October 6, 2004, October 27, 2004, December 6, 2004, December 15, 2004, January 4, 2005 and January 18, 2005, Commission File Nos. 1-14323;
	•	Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 16, 2004, as amended by the Current Report on Form 8-K/ A (Amendment No. 1) filed with the Commission on August 4, 2004, Commission File Nos. 1-14323;
	•	Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 2, 2004, as amended by the Current Report on Form 8-K/ A (Amendment No. 1) filed with the Commission on August 5, 2004, Commission File Nos. 1-14323; and

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	•	Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 30, 2004, as amended by the Current Reports on Form 8-K/ A filed with the Commission on October 5, 2004 (Amendment No. 1), October 18, 2004 (Amendment No. 2), December 3, 2004 (Amendment No. 3), December 6, 2004 (Amendment No. 4) and December 27, 2004 (Amendment No. 5), Commission File Nos. 1-14323.

      Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for all purposes to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus, or in any other subsequently filed document that is also incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus.

      We intend to furnish or make available to Enterprise Parent’s unitholders within 90 days following the close of our fiscal year end annual reports containing audited financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and furnish or make available within 45 days following the close of each fiscal quarter quarterly reports containing unaudited interim financial information, including the information required by Form 10-Q, for the first three fiscal quarters of each of our fiscal years. Enterprise Parent’s annual report will include a description of any transactions with the general partner or its affiliates, and of fees, commissions, compensation and other benefits paid, or accrued to the general partner or its affiliates for the fiscal year completed, including the amount paid or accrued to each recipient and the services performed.

      This prospectus, which is a part of the exchange offer registration statement, does not contain all of the information found in the exchange offer registration statement. You should refer to the exchange offer registration statement, including its exhibits and schedules, for further information. You may obtain a copy of any or all of this information, the exchange offer registration statement and the Commission filings without charge, by request directed to us at the following address and telephone number:

	Enterprise Products Operating L.P.
	2727 North Loop West, Suite 700
	Houston, Texas 77008-1044
	Telephone number: (713) 880-6812

INFORMATION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference contain various forward-looking statements and information that are based on our beliefs and those of Enterprise Parent and its general partner, as well as assumptions made by us and Enterprise Parent and information currently available to us and Enterprise Parent. When used in this prospectus, words such as “anticipate,” “project,” “expect,” “plan,” “goal,” “forecast,” “intend,” “could,” “believe,” “may” and similar expressions and statements regarding our plans and objectives for future operations, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Although we, Enterprise Parent and its general partner believe that such expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, neither we, Enterprise Parent nor its general partner can give any assurances that such expectations will prove to be correct. Such statements are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected. Among the key risk factors that have a direct bearing on our results of operations and financial condition are:

	•	fluctuations in oil, natural gas and NGL prices and production due to weather and other natural and economic forces;
	•	the effects of our debt level on our future financial and operating flexibility;
	•	a reduction in demand for our products by the petrochemical, refining or heating industries;
	•	a decline in the volumes of NGLs delivered by our facilities;

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	•	the failure to successfully integrate our and GulfTerra’s respective business operations or our failure to successfully integrate any other future acquisitions;
	•	the failure to realize the anticipated cost savings, synergies and other benefits associated with the GulfTerra merger;
	•	the failure of our credit risk management efforts to adequately protect us against customer non-payment; and
	•	terrorist attacks affecting our facilities.

      We have no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

      You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. When considering forward-looking statements, please review the risk factors described under “Risk Factors” in this prospectus.

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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Attention: Corporate Trust Operations

      IF YOU WISH TO EXCHANGE CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING 4.000% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2007 (THE “OUTSTANDING NOTES”) FOR AN EQUAL AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF 4.000% SERIES B SENIOR NOTES DUE 2007 PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER, YOU MUST VALIDLY TENDER (AND NOT WITHDRAW) OUTSTANDING NOTES TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M. NEW YORK CITY TIME ON THE EXPIRATION DATE BY CAUSING AN AGENT’S MESSAGE TO BE RECEIVED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT PRIOR TO SUCH TIME.

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     The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt and review of the prospectus, dated January 24, 2005 (the “Prospectus”), of Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), and this Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), which together describe the Operating Partnership’s offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange its 4.000% Series B Senior Notes due 2007 (the “Exchange Notes”) that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for a like principal amount of its issued and outstanding 4.000% Series A Senior Notes due 2007 (the “Outstanding Notes”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meaning given to them in the Prospectus.

     The Operating Partnership reserves the right, at any time or from time to time, to extend the Exchange Offer at its discretion, in which event the term “Expiration Date” shall mean the latest date to which the Exchange Offer is extended. The Operating Partnership shall notify the Exchange Agent and each registered holder of the Outstanding Notes of any extension by oral or written notice prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date.

     This Letter of Transmittal is to be used by holders of the Outstanding Notes. Tender of Outstanding Notes is to be made according to the Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”) of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) pursuant to the procedures set forth in the prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offers — Procedures for Tendering.” DTC participants that are accepting the Exchange Offer must transmit their acceptance to DTC, which will verify the acceptance and execute a book-entry delivery to the Exchange Agent’s DTC account. DTC will then send a computer-generated message known as an “agent’s message” to the exchange agent for its acceptance. For you to validly tender your Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, the Exchange Agent must receive, prior to the Expiration Date, an agent’s message under the ATOP procedures that confirms that:

	•	DTC has received your instructions to tender your Outstanding Notes; and
	•	You agree to be bound by the terms of this Letter of Transmittal.

     By using the ATOP procedures to tender Outstanding Notes, you will not be required to deliver this Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent. However, you will be bound by its terms, and you will be deemed to have made the acknowledgments and the representations and warranties it contains, just as if you had signed it.

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PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      1. By tendering Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, you acknowledge receipt of the Prospectus and this Letter of Transmittal.

      2. By tendering Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, you represent and warrant that you have full authority to tender the Outstanding Notes described above and will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Operating Partnership to be necessary or desirable to complete the tender of Outstanding Notes.

      3. The tender of the Outstanding Notes pursuant to all of the procedures set forth in the Prospectus will constitute an agreement between you and the Operating Partnership as to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.

      4. The Exchange Offer is being made in reliance upon interpretations contained in no-action letters issued to third parties by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), including Exxon Capital Holdings Corp., Commission No-Action Letter (available May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., Commission No-Action Letter (available June 5, 1991) and Shearman & Sterling, Commission No-Action Letter (available July 2, 1993), that the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Outstanding Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by holders thereof (other than a broker-dealer who purchased Outstanding Notes exchanged for such Exchange Notes directly from the Operating Partnership to resell pursuant to Rule 144A or any other available exemption under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and any such holder that is an “affiliate” of the Operating Partnership or Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (the “Partnership”) within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act), without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that such Exchange Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of such holders’ business and such holders are not participating in, and have no arrangement with any person to participate in, the distribution of such Exchange Notes.

      5. By tendering Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, you represent and warrant that:

	a. the Exchange Notes acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer are being obtained in the ordinary course of your business, whether or not you are the holder;
	b. neither you nor any such other person is engaging in or intends to engage in a distribution of such Exchange Notes;
	c. neither you nor any such other person has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such Exchange Notes; and
	d. neither the holder nor any such other person is an “affiliate,” as such term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act, of the Operating Partnership or the Partnership.

      6. You may, if you are unable to make all of the representations and warranties contained in paragraph 5 above and as otherwise permitted in the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below), elect to have your Outstanding Notes registered in the shelf registration statement described in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004 relating to the 4.000% Series A Senior Notes due 2007 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), by and among the Operating Partnership, the Partnership and the Initial Purchasers (as defined therein). Such election may be made only by notifying the Operating Partnership in writing at 2727 North Loop West, Houston, Texas 77008-1044, Attention: Chief Financial Officer. By making such election, you agree, as a holder of Outstanding Notes participating in a shelf registration, to indemnify and hold harmless the Operating Partnership, each of the directors of Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., the general partner of the Operating Partnership (the “General Partner”), the Partnership, each of the directors of Enterprise Products GP, LLC, the general partner of the Partnership (the “Partnership General Partner”), each of the officers of the General Partner and the Partnership General Partner who signs such shelf registration statement on behalf of the Operating Partnership or the

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      7. If you are a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for your own account in exchange for Outstanding Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, you acknowledge, by tendering Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, that you will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, you will not be deemed to admit that you are an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. If you are a broker-dealer and Outstanding Notes held for your own account were not acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, such Outstanding Notes cannot be exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

      8. Any of your obligations hereunder shall be binding upon your successors, assigns, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy and legal and personal representatives.

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INSTRUCTIONS

FORMING PART OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER

1.	Book-Entry Confirmations.

      Any confirmation of a book-entry transfer to the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC of Outstanding Notes tendered by book-entry transfer (a “Book-Entry Confirmation”), as well as an agent’s message, and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth herein prior to 5:00 P.M. New York City time on the Expiration Date.

2.	Partial Tenders.

      Tenders of Outstanding Notes will be accepted only in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The entire principal amount of Outstanding Notes delivered to the Exchange Agent will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise communicated to the Exchange Agent. If the entire principal amount of all Outstanding Notes is not tendered, then Outstanding Notes for the principal amount of Outstanding Notes not tendered and Exchange Notes issued in exchange for any Outstanding Notes accepted will be delivered to the holder via the facilities of DTC promptly after the Outstanding Notes are accepted for exchange.

3.	Validity of Tenders.

      All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt), acceptance, and withdrawal of tendered Outstanding Notes will be determined by the Operating Partnership, in its sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding. The Operating Partnership reserves the absolute right to reject any or all tenders not in proper form or the acceptance for exchange of which may, in the opinion of counsel for the Operating Partnership, be unlawful. The Operating Partnership also reserves the absolute right to waive any of the conditions of the Exchange Offer or any defect or irregularity in the tender of any Outstanding Notes. The Operating Partnership’s interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including the instructions on this Letter of Transmittal) will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Outstanding Notes must be cured within such time as the Operating Partnership shall determine. Although the Operating Partnership intends to notify holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of Outstanding Notes, neither the Operating Partnership, the Exchange Agent, nor any other person shall be under any duty to give notification of any defects or irregularities in tenders or incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of Outstanding Notes will not be deemed to have been made until such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any Outstanding Notes received by the Exchange Agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned by the Exchange Agent to the tendering holders via the facilities of DTC, as soon as practicable following the Expiration Date.

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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Attention: Corporate Trust Operations

      IF YOU WISH TO EXCHANGE CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING 4.625% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2009 (THE “OUTSTANDING NOTES”) FOR AN EQUAL AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF 4.625% SERIES B SENIOR NOTES DUE 2009 PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER, YOU MUST VALIDLY TENDER (AND NOT WITHDRAW) OUTSTANDING NOTES TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M. NEW YORK CITY TIME ON THE EXPIRATION DATE BY CAUSING AN AGENT’S MESSAGE TO BE RECEIVED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT PRIOR TO SUCH TIME.

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     The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt and review of the prospectus, dated January 24, 2005 (the “Prospectus”), of Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), and this Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), which together describe the Operating Partnership’s offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange its 4.625% Series B Senior Notes due 2009 (the “Exchange Notes”) that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for a like principal amount of its issued and outstanding 4.625% Series A Senior Notes due 2009 (the “Outstanding Notes”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meaning given to them in the Prospectus.

     The Operating Partnership reserves the right, at any time or from time to time, to extend the Exchange Offer at its discretion, in which event the term “Expiration Date” shall mean the latest date to which the Exchange Offer is extended. The Operating Partnership shall notify the Exchange Agent and each registered holder of the Outstanding Notes of any extension by oral or written notice prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date.

     This Letter of Transmittal is to be used by holders of the Outstanding Notes. Tender of Outstanding Notes is to be made according to the Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”) of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) pursuant to the procedures set forth in the prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offers — Procedures for Tendering.” DTC participants that are accepting the Exchange Offer must transmit their acceptance to DTC, which will verify the acceptance and execute a book-entry delivery to the Exchange Agent’s DTC account. DTC will then send a computer-generated message known as an “agent’s message” to the exchange agent for its acceptance. For you to validly tender your Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, the Exchange Agent must receive, prior to the Expiration Date, an agent’s message under the ATOP procedures that confirms that:

	•	DTC has received your instructions to tender your Outstanding Notes; and
	•	You agree to be bound by the terms of this Letter of Transmittal.

     By using the ATOP procedures to tender Outstanding Notes, you will not be required to deliver this Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent. However, you will be bound by its terms, and you will be deemed to have made the acknowledgments and the representations and warranties it contains, just as if you had signed it.

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PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      1. By tendering Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, you acknowledge receipt of the Prospectus and this Letter of Transmittal.

      2. By tendering Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, you represent and warrant that you have full authority to tender the Outstanding Notes described above and will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Operating Partnership to be necessary or desirable to complete the tender of Outstanding Notes.

      3. The tender of the Outstanding Notes pursuant to all of the procedures set forth in the Prospectus will constitute an agreement between you and the Operating Partnership as to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.

      4. The Exchange Offer is being made in reliance upon interpretations contained in no-action letters issued to third parties by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), including Exxon Capital Holdings Corp., Commission No-Action Letter (available May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., Commission No-Action Letter (available June 5, 1991) and Shearman & Sterling, Commission No-Action Letter (available July 2, 1993), that the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Outstanding Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by holders thereof (other than a broker-dealer who purchased Outstanding Notes exchanged for such Exchange Notes directly from the Operating Partnership to resell pursuant to Rule 144A or any other available exemption under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and any such holder that is an “affiliate” of the Operating Partnership or Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (the “Partnership”) within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act), without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that such Exchange Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of such holders’ business and such holders are not participating in, and have no arrangement with any person to participate in, the distribution of such Exchange Notes.

      5. By tendering Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, you represent and warrant that:

	a. the Exchange Notes acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer are being obtained in the ordinary course of your business, whether or not you are the holder;
	b. neither you nor any such other person is engaging in or intends to engage in a distribution of such Exchange Notes;
	c. neither you nor any such other person has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such Exchange Notes; and
	d. neither the holder nor any such other person is an “affiliate,” as such term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act, of the Operating Partnership or the Partnership.

      6. You may, if you are unable to make all of the representations and warranties contained in paragraph 5 above and as otherwise permitted in the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below), elect to have your Outstanding Notes registered in the shelf registration statement described in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004 relating to the 4.625% Series A Senior Notes due 2009 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), by and among the Operating Partnership, the Partnership and the Initial Purchasers (as defined therein). Such election may be made only by notifying the Operating Partnership in writing at 2727 North Loop West, Houston, Texas 77008-1044, Attention: Chief Financial Officer. By making such election, you agree, as a holder of Outstanding Notes participating in a shelf registration, to indemnify and hold harmless the Operating Partnership, each of the directors of Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., the general partner of the Operating Partnership (the “General Partner”), the Partnership, each of the directors of Enterprise Products GP, LLC, the general partner of the Partnership (the “Partnership General Partner”), each of the officers of the General Partner and the Partnership General Partner who signs such shelf registration statement on behalf of the Operating Partnership or the

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      7. If you are a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for your own account in exchange for Outstanding Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, you acknowledge, by tendering Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, that you will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, you will not be deemed to admit that you are an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. If you are a broker-dealer and Outstanding Notes held for your own account were not acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, such Outstanding Notes cannot be exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

      8. Any of your obligations hereunder shall be binding upon your successors, assigns, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy and legal and personal representatives.

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INSTRUCTIONS

FORMING PART OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER

1.	Book-Entry Confirmations.

      Any confirmation of a book-entry transfer to the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC of Outstanding Notes tendered by book-entry transfer (a “Book-Entry Confirmation”), as well as an agent’s message, and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth herein prior to 5:00 P.M. New York City time on the Expiration Date.

2.	Partial Tenders.

      Tenders of Outstanding Notes will be accepted only in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The entire principal amount of Outstanding Notes delivered to the Exchange Agent will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise communicated to the Exchange Agent. If the entire principal amount of all Outstanding Notes is not tendered, then Outstanding Notes for the principal amount of Outstanding Notes not tendered and Exchange Notes issued in exchange for any Outstanding Notes accepted will be delivered to the holder via the facilities of DTC promptly after the Outstanding Notes are accepted for exchange.

3.	Validity of Tenders.

      All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt), acceptance, and withdrawal of tendered Outstanding Notes will be determined by the Operating Partnership, in its sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding. The Operating Partnership reserves the absolute right to reject any or all tenders not in proper form or the acceptance for exchange of which may, in the opinion of counsel for the Operating Partnership, be unlawful. The Operating Partnership also reserves the absolute right to waive any of the conditions of the Exchange Offer or any defect or irregularity in the tender of any Outstanding Notes. The Operating Partnership’s interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including the instructions on this Letter of Transmittal) will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Outstanding Notes must be cured within such time as the Operating Partnership shall determine. Although the Operating Partnership intends to notify holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of Outstanding Notes, neither the Operating Partnership, the Exchange Agent, nor any other person shall be under any duty to give notification of any defects or irregularities in tenders or incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of Outstanding Notes will not be deemed to have been made until such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any Outstanding Notes received by the Exchange Agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned by the Exchange Agent to the tendering holders via the facilities of DTC, as soon as practicable following the Expiration Date.

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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Attention: Corporate Trust Operations

      IF YOU WISH TO EXCHANGE CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING 5.600% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2014 (THE “OUTSTANDING NOTES”) FOR AN EQUAL AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF 5.600% SERIES B SENIOR NOTES DUE 2014 PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER, YOU MUST VALIDLY TENDER (AND NOT WITHDRAW) OUTSTANDING NOTES TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M. NEW YORK CITY TIME ON THE EXPIRATION DATE BY CAUSING AN AGENT’S MESSAGE TO BE RECEIVED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT PRIOR TO SUCH TIME.

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     The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt and review of the prospectus, dated January 24, 2005 (the “Prospectus”), of Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), and this Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), which together describe the Operating Partnership’s offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange its 5.600% Series B Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Exchange Notes”) that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for a like principal amount of its issued and outstanding 5.600% Series A Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Outstanding Notes”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meaning given to them in the Prospectus.

     The Operating Partnership reserves the right, at any time or from time to time, to extend the Exchange Offer at its discretion, in which event the term “Expiration Date” shall mean the latest date to which the Exchange Offer is extended. The Operating Partnership shall notify the Exchange Agent and each registered holder of the Outstanding Notes of any extension by oral or written notice prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date.

     This Letter of Transmittal is to be used by holders of the Outstanding Notes. Tender of Outstanding Notes is to be made according to the Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”) of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) pursuant to the procedures set forth in the prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offers — Procedures for Tendering.” DTC participants that are accepting the Exchange Offer must transmit their acceptance to DTC, which will verify the acceptance and execute a book-entry delivery to the Exchange Agent’s DTC account. DTC will then send a computer-generated message known as an “agent’s message” to the exchange agent for its acceptance. For you to validly tender your Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, the Exchange Agent must receive, prior to the Expiration Date, an agent’s message under the ATOP procedures that confirms that:

	•	DTC has received your instructions to tender your Outstanding Notes; and
	•	You agree to be bound by the terms of this Letter of Transmittal.

     By using the ATOP procedures to tender Outstanding Notes, you will not be required to deliver this Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent. However, you will be bound by its terms, and you will be deemed to have made the acknowledgments and the representations and warranties it contains, just as if you had signed it.

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PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      1. By tendering Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, you acknowledge receipt of the Prospectus and this Letter of Transmittal.

      2. By tendering Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, you represent and warrant that you have full authority to tender the Outstanding Notes described above and will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Operating Partnership to be necessary or desirable to complete the tender of Outstanding Notes.

      3. The tender of the Outstanding Notes pursuant to all of the procedures set forth in the Prospectus will constitute an agreement between you and the Operating Partnership as to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.

      4. The Exchange Offer is being made in reliance upon interpretations contained in no-action letters issued to third parties by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), including Exxon Capital Holdings Corp., Commission No-Action Letter (available May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., Commission No-Action Letter (available June 5, 1991) and Shearman & Sterling, Commission No-Action Letter (available July 2, 1993), that the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Outstanding Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by holders thereof (other than a broker-dealer who purchased Outstanding Notes exchanged for such Exchange Notes directly from the Operating Partnership to resell pursuant to Rule 144A or any other available exemption under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and any such holder that is an “affiliate” of the Operating Partnership or Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (the “Partnership”) within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act), without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that such Exchange Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of such holders’ business and such holders are not participating in, and have no arrangement with any person to participate in, the distribution of such Exchange Notes.

      5. By tendering Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, you represent and warrant that:

	a. the Exchange Notes acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer are being obtained in the ordinary course of your business, whether or not you are the holder;
	b. neither you nor any such other person is engaging in or intends to engage in a distribution of such Exchange Notes;
	c. neither you nor any such other person has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such Exchange Notes; and
	d. neither the holder nor any such other person is an “affiliate,” as such term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act, of the Operating Partnership or the Partnership.

      6. You may, if you are unable to make all of the representations and warranties contained in paragraph 5 above and as otherwise permitted in the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below), elect to have your Outstanding Notes registered in the shelf registration statement described in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004 relating to the 5.600% Series A Senior Notes due 2014 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), by and among the Operating Partnership, the Partnership and the Initial Purchasers (as defined therein). Such election may be made only by notifying the Operating Partnership in writing at 2727 North Loop West, Houston, Texas 77008-1044, Attention: Chief Financial Officer. By making such election, you agree, as a holder of Outstanding Notes participating in a shelf registration, to indemnify and hold harmless the Operating Partnership, each of the directors of Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., the general partner of the Operating Partnership (the “General Partner”), the Partnership, each of the directors of Enterprise Products GP, LLC, the general partner of the Partnership (the “Partnership General Partner”), each of the officers of the General Partner and the Partnership General Partner who signs such shelf registration statement on behalf of the Operating Partnership or the

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      7. If you are a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for your own account in exchange for Outstanding Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, you acknowledge, by tendering Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, that you will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, you will not be deemed to admit that you are an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. If you are a broker-dealer and Outstanding Notes held for your own account were not acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, such Outstanding Notes cannot be exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

      8. Any of your obligations hereunder shall be binding upon your successors, assigns, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy and legal and personal representatives.

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INSTRUCTIONS

FORMING PART OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER

1.	Book-Entry Confirmations.

      Any confirmation of a book-entry transfer to the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC of Outstanding Notes tendered by book-entry transfer (a “Book-Entry Confirmation”), as well as an agent’s message, and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth herein prior to 5:00 P.M. New York City time on the Expiration Date.

2.	Partial Tenders.

      Tenders of Outstanding Notes will be accepted only in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The entire principal amount of Outstanding Notes delivered to the Exchange Agent will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise communicated to the Exchange Agent. If the entire principal amount of all Outstanding Notes is not tendered, then Outstanding Notes for the principal amount of Outstanding Notes not tendered and Exchange Notes issued in exchange for any Outstanding Notes accepted will be delivered to the holder via the facilities of DTC promptly after the Outstanding Notes are accepted for exchange.

3.	Validity of Tenders.

      All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt), acceptance, and withdrawal of tendered Outstanding Notes will be determined by the Operating Partnership, in its sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding. The Operating Partnership reserves the absolute right to reject any or all tenders not in proper form or the acceptance for exchange of which may, in the opinion of counsel for the Operating Partnership, be unlawful. The Operating Partnership also reserves the absolute right to waive any of the conditions of the Exchange Offer or any defect or irregularity in the tender of any Outstanding Notes. The Operating Partnership’s interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including the instructions on this Letter of Transmittal) will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Outstanding Notes must be cured within such time as the Operating Partnership shall determine. Although the Operating Partnership intends to notify holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of Outstanding Notes, neither the Operating Partnership, the Exchange Agent, nor any other person shall be under any duty to give notification of any defects or irregularities in tenders or incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of Outstanding Notes will not be deemed to have been made until such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any Outstanding Notes received by the Exchange Agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned by the Exchange Agent to the tendering holders via the facilities of DTC, as soon as practicable following the Expiration Date.

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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Attention: Corporate Trust Operations

      IF YOU WISH TO EXCHANGE CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING 6.650% SERIES A SENIOR NOTES DUE 2034 (THE “OUTSTANDING NOTES”) FOR AN EQUAL AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF 6.650% SERIES B SENIOR NOTES DUE 2034 PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER, YOU MUST VALIDLY TENDER (AND NOT WITHDRAW) OUTSTANDING NOTES TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT PRIOR TO 5:00 P.M. NEW YORK CITY TIME ON THE EXPIRATION DATE BY CAUSING AN AGENT’S MESSAGE TO BE RECEIVED BY THE EXCHANGE AGENT PRIOR TO SUCH TIME.

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     The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt and review of the prospectus, dated January 24, 2005 (the “Prospectus”), of Enterprise Products Operating L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), and this Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), which together describe the Operating Partnership’s offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange its 6.650% Series B Senior Notes due 2034 (the “Exchange Notes”) that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for a like principal amount of its issued and outstanding 6.650% Series A Senior Notes due 2034 (the “Outstanding Notes”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meaning given to them in the Prospectus.

     The Operating Partnership reserves the right, at any time or from time to time, to extend the Exchange Offer at its discretion, in which event the term “Expiration Date” shall mean the latest date to which the Exchange Offer is extended. The Operating Partnership shall notify the Exchange Agent and each registered holder of the Outstanding Notes of any extension by oral or written notice prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date.

     This Letter of Transmittal is to be used by holders of the Outstanding Notes. Tender of Outstanding Notes is to be made according to the Automated Tender Offer Program (“ATOP”) of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) pursuant to the procedures set forth in the prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offers — Procedures for Tendering.” DTC participants that are accepting the Exchange Offer must transmit their acceptance to DTC, which will verify the acceptance and execute a book-entry delivery to the Exchange Agent’s DTC account. DTC will then send a computer-generated message known as an “agent’s message” to the exchange agent for its acceptance. For you to validly tender your Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, the Exchange Agent must receive, prior to the Expiration Date, an agent’s message under the ATOP procedures that confirms that:

	•	DTC has received your instructions to tender your Outstanding Notes; and
	•	You agree to be bound by the terms of this Letter of Transmittal.

     By using the ATOP procedures to tender Outstanding Notes, you will not be required to deliver this Letter of Transmittal to the Exchange Agent. However, you will be bound by its terms, and you will be deemed to have made the acknowledgments and the representations and warranties it contains, just as if you had signed it.

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PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      1. By tendering Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, you acknowledge receipt of the Prospectus and this Letter of Transmittal.

      2. By tendering Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, you represent and warrant that you have full authority to tender the Outstanding Notes described above and will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Operating Partnership to be necessary or desirable to complete the tender of Outstanding Notes.

      3. The tender of the Outstanding Notes pursuant to all of the procedures set forth in the Prospectus will constitute an agreement between you and the Operating Partnership as to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus.

      4. The Exchange Offer is being made in reliance upon interpretations contained in no-action letters issued to third parties by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), including Exxon Capital Holdings Corp., Commission No-Action Letter (available May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc., Commission No-Action Letter (available June 5, 1991) and Shearman & Sterling, Commission No-Action Letter (available July 2, 1993), that the Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Outstanding Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by holders thereof (other than a broker-dealer who purchased Outstanding Notes exchanged for such Exchange Notes directly from the Operating Partnership to resell pursuant to Rule 144A or any other available exemption under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and any such holder that is an “affiliate” of the Operating Partnership or Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (the “Partnership”) within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act), without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that such Exchange Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of such holders’ business and such holders are not participating in, and have no arrangement with any person to participate in, the distribution of such Exchange Notes.

      5. By tendering Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, you represent and warrant that:

	a. the Exchange Notes acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer are being obtained in the ordinary course of your business, whether or not you are the holder;
	b. neither you nor any such other person is engaging in or intends to engage in a distribution of such Exchange Notes;
	c. neither you nor any such other person has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such Exchange Notes; and
	d. neither the holder nor any such other person is an “affiliate,” as such term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act, of the Operating Partnership or the Partnership.

      6. You may, if you are unable to make all of the representations and warranties contained in paragraph 5 above and as otherwise permitted in the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined below), elect to have your Outstanding Notes registered in the shelf registration statement described in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004 relating to the 6.650% Series A Senior Notes due 2034 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), by and among the Operating Partnership, the Partnership and the Initial Purchasers (as defined therein). Such election may be made only by notifying the Operating Partnership in writing at 2727 North Loop West, Houston, Texas 77008-1044, Attention: Chief Financial Officer. By making such election, you agree, as a holder of Outstanding Notes participating in a shelf registration, to indemnify and hold harmless the Operating Partnership, each of the directors of Enterprise Products OLPGP, Inc., the general partner of the Operating Partnership (the “General Partner”), the Partnership, each of the directors of Enterprise Products GP, LLC, the general partner of the Partnership (the “Partnership General Partner”), each of the officers of the General Partner and the Partnership General Partner who signs such shelf registration statement on behalf of the Operating Partnership or the

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      7. If you are a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for your own account in exchange for Outstanding Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, you acknowledge, by tendering Outstanding Notes in the Exchange Offer, that you will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, you will not be deemed to admit that you are an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. If you are a broker-dealer and Outstanding Notes held for your own account were not acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, such Outstanding Notes cannot be exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

      8. Any of your obligations hereunder shall be binding upon your successors, assigns, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy and legal and personal representatives.

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INSTRUCTIONS

FORMING PART OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE EXCHANGE OFFER

1.	Book-Entry Confirmations.

      Any confirmation of a book-entry transfer to the Exchange Agent’s account at DTC of Outstanding Notes tendered by book-entry transfer (a “Book-Entry Confirmation”), as well as an agent’s message, and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth herein prior to 5:00 P.M. New York City time on the Expiration Date.

2.	Partial Tenders.

      Tenders of Outstanding Notes will be accepted only in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000. The entire principal amount of Outstanding Notes delivered to the Exchange Agent will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise communicated to the Exchange Agent. If the entire principal amount of all Outstanding Notes is not tendered, then Outstanding Notes for the principal amount of Outstanding Notes not tendered and Exchange Notes issued in exchange for any Outstanding Notes accepted will be delivered to the holder via the facilities of DTC promptly after the Outstanding Notes are accepted for exchange.

3.	Validity of Tenders.

      All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt), acceptance, and withdrawal of tendered Outstanding Notes will be determined by the Operating Partnership, in its sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding. The Operating Partnership reserves the absolute right to reject any or all tenders not in proper form or the acceptance for exchange of which may, in the opinion of counsel for the Operating Partnership, be unlawful. The Operating Partnership also reserves the absolute right to waive any of the conditions of the Exchange Offer or any defect or irregularity in the tender of any Outstanding Notes. The Operating Partnership’s interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including the instructions on this Letter of Transmittal) will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Outstanding Notes must be cured within such time as the Operating Partnership shall determine. Although the Operating Partnership intends to notify holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of Outstanding Notes, neither the Operating Partnership, the Exchange Agent, nor any other person shall be under any duty to give notification of any defects or irregularities in tenders or incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of Outstanding Notes will not be deemed to have been made until such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any Outstanding Notes received by the Exchange Agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned by the Exchange Agent to the tendering holders via the facilities of DTC, as soon as practicable following the Expiration Date.

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      Until March 7, 2005 all dealers that effect transactions in the exchange notes, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the dealers’ obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.

Enterprise Products Operating L.P.

Offer to Exchange

Registered

Outstanding

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Offer to Exchange

Registered

for

Outstanding

and

Offer to Exchange

Registered

for

Outstanding

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Offer to Exchange

Registered

for

Outstanding

January 24, 2005

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