HOUSTON, May 29 (Reuters) - Enterprise Products Partners ( EPD )

on Thursday said its ethane and butane exports could be

hurt by a U.S. Department of Commerce requirement that it apply

for a license to export to China.

The United States has ordered a broad swathe of companies

to stop shipping goods, including ethane and butane, to China

without a license and revoked licenses already granted to

certain suppliers, Reuters reported on Wednesday.

Enterprise, which owns and operates marine export terminals

that handle ethane and butane, said in a regulatory filing it

was evaluating its procedures and internal controls and could

not determine if it will be able to obtain a license.

Enterprise's marine export terminal on the Houston ship

channel loaded about 213,000 barrels per day of ethane in 2024,

of which about 85,000 BPD, or 40%, were exported to Chinese

markets, Enterprise said.