Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced Monday plans to build storage wells and pipelines to handle ethylene, the main derivative from cracking ethane.

A company statement said Enterprise is building a 24-mile, 12-inch diameter ethylene pipeline from Mt. Belvieu, Texas, to a petrochemical complex at Bayport, Texas. The line’s route will bring it past the Houston Ship Channel -- potentially offering access to possible customers in the industry-heavy zone. And in case Enterprise wants to start exporting ethylene, the line will pass through the co...