Bluewater Texas (BWTX) Terminal

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Bluewater Texas Terminal is a proposed oil export terminal in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States.

Location

The terminal would be located in the Gulf of Mexico, 21 miles east of Corpus Christi, Texas.

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Project details

• Owner: Bluewater Texas Terminal LLC
• Parent company: Trafigura; Phillips 66
• Location: Offshore Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
• Coordinates: 27.90491077, -96.62764626 (exact)
• Capacity:
  • Terminal 1: 1,920,000 barrels per day
  • Terminal 2: 1,920,000 barrels per day
• Status: Proposed
• Type: Export
• Start year:

Note: mtpa = million tonnes per year; bcfd = billion cubic feet per day

Background

In June 2019 Trafigura applied for a permit to build the project with the Maritime Administration (MARAD) under MARAD-2019-0094-0003. In February 2020 Trafigura announced that it had formed a partnership with Phillips 66 to build the terminal.

Having been intent in Spring 2020 on making a final investment decision (FID) on the project by the end of 2020, Phillips 66 announced in June 2020 that "We are still many months away from a financial investment decision". A combination of COVID-19 travel limitations further delaying the federal licensing process and sharply reduced global crude oil demand which has caused US production to drop has caused increased uncertainty over the project.

In September 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rejected a permit application for the terminal due to air pollution concerns. The project promoters were reported to be considering whether to advance the project or to revise its permitting application.