EXHIBIT 23.1


                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


         We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and Enterprise Products Operating
L.P. on Form S-3 of (i) our report dated March 8, 2002, (which report expresses
an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph referring to the
change in accounting for derivative instruments in 2001), with respect to the
consolidated financial statements of Enterprise Products Operating L.P.,
appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Enterprise Products Operating
L.P. for the year ended December 31, 2001, (ii) our report dated March 8, 2002
(May 15, 2002 as to Note 16 for the effects of a two-for-one split of Limited
Partner Units) (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an
explanatory paragraph referring to the change in accounting for derivative
instruments in 2001), with respect to the consolidated financial statements of
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. appearing in the Current Report on Form 8-K
dated September 27, 2002, related to Enterprise Products Partners L.P., (iii)
our report dated October 1, 2002 with respect to the balance sheet of Enterprise
Products GP, LLC, appearing in the Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 2,
2002, related to Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and Enterprise Products
Operating L.P. and (iv) to the reference to us under the headings "Experts" in
the Prospectus, which is part of such Registration Statement.


/s/  DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Houston, Texas
January 24, 2003