Blue Marlin Offshore Port
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Blue Marlin Offshore Port, also known as BMOP, is a proposed deepwater crude oil export terminal off the coast of Texas, United States.[1]
Location
The proposed port would be located off the coast of Brazoria County, Texas, United States.[1][2]
Project details
- Operator: Blue Marlin Offshore Port LLC[1]
- Owner: Blue Marlin Offshore Port LLC[3]
- Parent company: Energy Transfer Partners[4]
- Location: Offshore from Brazoria County, Texas[4]
- Coordinates: 28.425, -93.010 (exact)[5]
- Capacity: 1.9 million bpd[3]
- Status: Proposed[3]
- Type: Export[3]
- Start year: 2027[6]
- Originally 2023[7]
- Cost:
- Financing:
- Associated infrastructure:
Background
In August 2019 Energy Transfer announced plans to build a offshore oil export terminal that would connect to its existing oil terminal in Nederland, Texas.[8] In September 2019 Energy Transfer said it would buy smaller rival SemGroup Corp for $1.35 billion and build the new Ted Collins Oil Pipeline between the Houston Ship Channel and Nederland.[9]
On 1 October 2020, Blue Marlin Offshore Port LLC submitted an application to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for the deepwater port.[1]
The port was scheduled to begin construction near the end of 2021 and become operational by fall 2023.[7]
As of May 2022, there was no evidence that construction had begun, and the application to MARAD was still pending approval.[10]
As of April 2024, no construction had begun, but the EIA noted a start year of 2027 for the associated oil pipelines.[6]
According to RBN Energy, the key elements of the project are:[11]
- The construction of a new, 37-mile, 42-inch-diameter pipeline (dashed purple line) from their Nederland Terminal to the northern terminus of the existing Stingray Pipeline (yellow line) in Cameron Parish, LA.
- The conversion of Stingray — a 36-inch-diameter undersea pipeline used to transport offshore gas north to the mainland — to a southbound crude oil pipeline.
- The repurposing of parts of existing offshore production platforms located about 100 miles off the southwestern Louisiana coast into a facility to support crude oil loading.
- The installation of two catenary anchor leg moorings (CALMs) to connect the facility to the VLCCs (see Figure 2 below).
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Pending Applications | MARAD". www.maritime.dot.gov. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
- ↑ "BMOP port license application" (PDF). bluemarlinnepaprocess. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Energy Transfer applies for Blue Marlin Offshore Port for Gulf crude exports". www.spglobal.com. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 writer, KRISTEN MOSBRUCKER | Staff. "Deepwater crude oil export project looks to build offshore Louisiana; feds seek public input". The Advocate. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
- ↑ "Blue Marlin project overview". US DOT Maritime Administration. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Petroleum & Other Liquids Data - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Dick, Jacob (2020-12-03). "Offshore deepwater port proposed for Gulf". Beaumont Enterprise. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
- ↑ Energy Transfer plans VLCC-capable crude export terminal near Nederland, Texas, S&P Global Platts, Sep. 8, 2019
- ↑ Energy Transfer expects supertanker facility to be in service by early 2023, Reuters, Nov. 7, 2020
- ↑ "BMOP". Oil and Gas Watch. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Deep Water - Blue Marlin Offshore Port Stays in the Export Race with a Little Help from TotalEnergies | RBN Energy". web.archive.org. 2024-01-25. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
