Posted on November 29, 2021
Recently released records detailing the construction and impacts of a proposed deepwater port are up for public comment.
The documents include a public notice issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – which delves into the work that would be associated with the project – and a draft environmental impact statement, posted to the website of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration.
Spearheaded by Bluewater Texas Terminal LLC – a joint venture between Phillips 66 and Trafigura – the central piece of the proposed development are two offshore single point mooring buoy systems.
Records show also about 55 miles of new pipeline shuttling product from a storage facility in San Patricio County to the deepwater port, located about 17 miles from Corpus Christi’s coast in the Gulf of Mexico, records show.
The export terminal, if brought to fruition, is anticipated to accommodate very large crude carriers, according to officials.
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