NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's CreditWire) Jan. 5, 2000--Standard&Poor's today assigned its triple-'B' corporate credit rating to Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Enterprise). At the same time, Standard&Poor's assigned its triple-'B' bank loan rating to Enterprise Products Operating L.P.'s combined $550 million revolving senior credit facilities, and its preliminary triple-'B' senior unsecured rating to the $800 million universal shelf that was filed with the SEC on Dec. 21, 1999. The outlook is stable. All bank debt and debt securities are expected to be issued by Enterprise Products Operating, the partnership's main operating subsidiary, and guaranteed by Enterprise. Debt is not expected to be issued at the parent level. Enterprise's bank loan is rated the same as its
