Enterprise Products Partners Ngl Pipelines And Services — Variable operating costs and expenses increased by 1.4% to $222.00M in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 3.7%, from $214.00M to $222.00M. Over 3 years (FY 2022 to FY 2025), Ngl Pipelines And Services — Variable operating costs and expenses shows relatively stable performance with a 3.2% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
Rising variable costs relative to throughput may indicate operational inefficiencies or inflationary pressure on energy inputs.
Operating expenses that fluctuate in direct proportion to the volume of throughput or activity levels within the NGL seg...
Standard operational metric for pipeline operators; peers often track this as a percentage of throughput volume.
epd_segment_ngl_pipelines_services_variable_operating_costs_and_expenses| Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
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| Value | 192.3M | 192.3M | 192.3M | 192.3M | 185.3M | 185.3M | 185.3M | 185.3M | 174M | 167M | 190M | 214M | 199M | 204M | 219M | 222M |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | -3.6% | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.0% | -6.1% | -4.0% | +13.8% | +12.6% | -7.0% | +2.5% | +7.4% | +1.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -3.6% | -3.6% | -3.6% | -3.6% | -6.1% | -9.9% | +2.6% | +15.5% | +14.4% | +22.2% | +15.3% | +3.7% |