---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-130660"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EPD"
cik: "0001061219"
company_name: "ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P."
filed_at: "2025-05-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T05:24:30.770340+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BIS requires export license for EPD ethane/butane to China; ~85k BPD at risk

## Summary
- BIS notified EPD that a license is required for exports of ethane/butane (purity >=95%) to China or Chinese military end users.
- EPD's Houston Ship Channel terminal loaded ~213k BPD ethane in 2024; ~85k BPD (40%) went to China, representing ~37% of total US ethane exports to China.
- EPD cannot determine if it can obtain licenses timely or the impact on financial position, results, or cash flows.
- The restriction is based on BIS concern over use in China's military-civil fusion strategy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-130660
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EPD
- cik: 0001061219
- company_name: ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.
- filed_at: 2025-05-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1061219/000119312525130660/0001193125-25-130660-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1061219/000119312525130660/d942710d8k.htm

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