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BIS Issues Notice of Intent to Deny Applications for Licenses to Export Three Ethane Cargoes to China
HOUSTON, June 04, 2025--Enterprise Products Partners L.P. ("Enterprise") (NYSE: EPD) today announced that yesterday, June 3, 2025, Enterprise received notice from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") of BIS’s intent to deny Emergency Authorization Requests ("EARs") with regard to three proposed cargoes of ethane to China, totaling approximately 2.2 million barrels. Per the Notice, Enterprise has up to twenty days to respond to BIS with any comments or rebutta
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