** Shares of pipeline operator Enterprise Products EPD.N up 1.1% at $38.65 in premarket trading
** EPD beats Q1 adjusted core profit estimates on higher natural gas processing volumes
** Posts Q1 adjusted core profit of $2.69 billion, above analysts' average estimate of $2.60 billion – LSEG-compiled data
** Reports quarterly natural gas processing inlet volumes of 8.3 billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d), compared with 7.7 bcf/d last year
** Says disruption to exports from the Middle East are boosting demand for the security and reliability of U.S. energy exports
** "We are experiencing this uptick in demand across all of our marine terminals including record demand for the partnership's ethylene export facility," co-CEO A.J. Teague says
** As of last close, EPD up 19.2% YTD
(Reporting by Sumit Saha in Bengaluru)
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