SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Nix Rudy A (Last) (First) (Middle) 2727 NORTH LOOP WEST (Street) HOUSTON TX 77008 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 08/01/2005	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L P [ EPD ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Senior Vice President	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Units Representing Limited Partnership Interests	36,303.223	D(1)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. The power of attorney under which this form was signed is attached as Exhibit 24.

	/s/ John E. Smith, Attorney-in-Fact, on behalf of Rudy A. Nix	08/03/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THIS DOCUMENT: That RUDY A. NIX has made, constituted,
and appointed, and by this document does make, constitute, and appoint RICHARD
H. BACHMANN, MICHAEL A. CREEL and JOHN E. SMITH, of the County of Harris, State
of Texas, whose signatures are:

     /S/ Richard H. Bachmann
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Richard H. Bachmann, Attorney-in-Fact


      /S/ Michael A. Creel
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Michael A. Creel, Attorney-in-Fact


      /S/ John E. Smith
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John E. Smith, Attorney-in-Fact

or any of them, signing singly, its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, and in
its name, place, and stead to:

          1. Execute, deliver and file on behalf of the undersigned, in the
     undersigneds capacity as an officer of Enterprise Products GP, LLC, the
     sole general partner of Enterprise Products Partners L.P., (the Company)
     any U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Form 3, 4 and 5 in accordance
     with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
     thereunder with respect to holdings of or trading in securities issued by
     the Company;

          2. Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
     undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute
     any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form or any amendment thereto
     with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
     exchange or similar authority; and

          3. Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with or
     in furtherance of the matters described in paragraphs 1 and 2 above which
     in the opinion of its attorney-in-fact may be of benefit to, and in the
     best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned.

     Giving and granting to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform every act necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of
the foregoing powers as fully as it might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution and revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-facts substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that each
attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the undersigned is no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigneds
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each of the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 1st day of August, 2005.

                                        /s/ Rudy A. Nix
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                                        RUDY A. NIX