UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549




                                    FORM 8-K



                                 CURRENT REPORT



                         Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 1, 2001


                         Commission File Number 1-14323




                        ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




               DELAWARE                                  76-0568219
   (State or other jurisdiction of              (I.R.S. Employer Identification
    incorporation or organization)                        Number)



               2727 North Loop West
                  Houston, Texas                         77008
          (Address of principal executive              (Zip Code)
                     offices)



                                 (713) 880-6500
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)





Item 2.  ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS

         On April 2, 2001, the Company  announced  that its 99% owned  operating
subsidiary,  Enterprise  Products Operating L.P. (the "Operating  Partnership"),
had  completed the purchase of Acadian Gas, LLC  ("Acadian")  from Coral Energy,
LLC  ("Coral"),  an affiliate  of Shell Oil  Company,  for $226 million in cash,
inclusive of working capital. The effective date of the transaction was April 1,
2001.  Coral  owns  approximately  21%  of the  Company  (in  addition  to a 30%
ownership interest in Enterprise Products GP, LLC, the 1% General Partner of the
Company and the 1.0101% General Partner of the Operating Partnership).  Three of
the ten current  directors of the General  Partner are nominees of Coral:  J. R.
Eagan,  J. A. Berget and Curtis R.  Frasier.  The purchase  price is based on an
arm's  length  transaction  between  the  Operating  Partnership  and Coral with
financing  being  provided by proceeds  from the  Operating  Partnership's  $450
million  public debt  offering  completed in January 2001  (details of which are
filed as part of the Company's Form 8-K dated January 24, 2001).

         The acquisition of Acadian  integrates  natural gas pipeline systems in
South  Louisiana  with  the  Operating  Partnership's  Gulf  Coast  natural  gas
processing  and natural gas liquid ("NGL")  fractionation,  pipeline and storage
system. Acadian's assets are comprised of the 438-mile Acadian, 577-mile Cypress
and 27-mile  Evangeline  natural gas pipeline systems,  which together have over
one billion  cubic feet ("Bcf") per day of capacity.  These natural gas pipeline
systems are  wholly-owned  with the exception of the Evangeline  system in which
Acadian holds an approximate  49.5%  economic  interest.  The system  includes a
leased natural gas storage facility at Napoleonville, Louisiana.

         Acadian used this system to link natural gas supplies  from onshore and
offshore  Gulf  of  Mexico   developments   (encompassing   offshore  pipelines,
continental  shelf  and  deepwater   production)  with  local  gas  distribution
companies, electric generation and industrial customers,  including those in the
Baton Rouge-New  Orleans-Mississippi  River corridor.  In addition,  the systems
have  interconnects  with  twelve  interstate   pipelines  and  four  intrastate
pipelines and a  bi-directional  interconnect  with the largest U.S. natural gas
marketplace at Henry Hub. The Operating Partnership intends to continue such use
of this system.

         A copy of the Company's press release announcing the completion of this
transaction is attached hereto as an exhibit.


Item 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(a)      Financial statements of business acquired.

              Not applicable.

(b)      Pro forma financial information.

              Not applicable.

(c)      Exhibits.

2.1  Purchase and Sale Agreement by and between Coral Energy, LLC and Enterprise
     Products  Operating L.P.,  dated as of September 22, 2000  (incorporated by
     reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's  Form 8-K filed on September 26,
     2000).

99.1 Press Release dated April 2, 2001.



                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                            ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS L.P.

                                            By:  Enterprise Products GP, LLC,
                                                 its general partner




Date:  April 4, 2001                        By:  /s/ Michael J. Knesek
                                                 Michael J. Knesek
                                                 Vice President, Controller, and
                                                 Principal Accounting Officer of
                                                 Enterprise Products GP, LLC




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


EXHIBIT
NUMBER                         EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION

2.1      Purchase  and Sale  Agreement  by and  between  Coral  Energy,  LLC and
         Enterprise  Products  Operating  L.P.,  dated as of September  22, 2000
         (incorporated  by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the  Company's  Form 8-K
         filed on September 26, 2000).

99.1     Press Release dated April 4, 2001.


                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

              Enterprise Completes Acquisition of Acadian Gas LLC;

               Anticipates Distribution Increase in Second Quarter



         HOUSTON--(BUSINESS  WIRE)--April 2, 2001--Enterprise  Products Partners
L.P. (NYSE:EPD) today announced that its operating partnership has completed its
acquisition  of Acadian Gas LLC from Shell US Gas and Power LLC, an affiliate of
Shell Oil Company. The effective date of the transaction was April 1, 2001.

         Acadian Gas is a Louisiana  intrastate  natural  gas  pipeline  company
comprised  of the  Acadian,  Cypress  and  Evangeline  pipeline  systems,  which
together  include over 1,000 miles of pipeline  and have over one billion  cubic
feet  ("Bcf")  per day of  capacity.  The system  includes a leased  natural gas
storage facility with 3.4 Bcf of capacity.

         These  systems  link  growing  supplies  of  natural  gas from  onshore
developments and, through  connections with offshore  pipelines,  Gulf of Mexico
production  to  local  gas  distribution  companies,   electric  generation  and
industrial customers, including those in the Baton Rouge-New Orleans-Mississippi
River  corridor.  In  addition,  these  pipelines  have  interconnects  with  12
interstate   pipelines  and  four  intrastate  pipelines  and  a  bi-directional
interconnect with the largest U.S. natural gas marketplace at the Henry Hub.

         "With the  completion of this  acquisition  and our recent  purchase of
interests in natural gas pipelines in the central Gulf of Mexico, Enterprise has
quickly  established  an attractive  natural gas pipeline  business.  We believe
these assets have outstanding  growth  potential from increased  production from
deepwater  developments in the Gulf and demand growth from power  generators and
industrial  customers on the Louisiana  Gulf Coast,"  stated O.S.  "Dub" Andras,
president and chief executive officer of Enterprise.

         "We have  invested  over $500  million in  pipeline  assets in the past
year.  These  assets  will  significantly  increase  the amount of our cash flow
generated  from  fee-based  businesses.  As a  result,  our  management  will be
recommending that our board of directors increase the partnership's  annual cash
distribution  rate by $0.15 per unit,  effective with the  distribution  of cash
attributable  to the second  quarter which is paid in August.  This would be our
fourth  distribution  increase since December 1999. During this period, we would
have increased our cash distribution rate by over 30 percent," continued Andras.

         "In reviewing the first quarter,  our  integrated  system of assets and
conservative cash distribution policy served us well. The unprecedented level of
natural gas prices  during the quarter  significantly  reduced the economics and
margins associated with our natural gas processing  activities.  While this will
most likely  result in our book  earnings for the first  quarter being less than
the consensus  estimate of security  analysts,  we believe our cash flow for the
quarter will be more than the amount required to pay our current  quarterly cash
distribution  rate of $0.55 per unit.  Pricing  conditions  have  improved as we
begin the second quarter," stated Andras.

         Enterprise  Products  Partners  L.P.  is the  second  largest  publicly
traded,  midstream energy  partnership with an enterprise value of approximately
$3.6 billion.  Enterprise is a leading  provider of midstream energy services to
producers  and  consumers of natural gas and natural gas liquids  ("NGLs").  The
company's  services include natural gas  transportation,  processing and storage
and NGL fractionation (or separation), transportation, storage and import/export
terminalling.  The  company's  assets are  geographically  focused on the United
States' Gulf Coast, which accounts for approximately 55 percent of both domestic
natural gas and NGL production and 75 percent of domestic NGL demand.

         This  press  release  includes  forward-looking  statements  within the
meaning  of  Section  21E of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934 based on the
beliefs  of the  company,  as well  as  assumptions  made  by,  and  information
currently  available  to,  management.  Although  Enterprise  believes  that the
expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can
give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.