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Pier IX & Pier X are adjacent coal terminals operated by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners in Newport News, Virginia, United States.
The terminals are location at the Port of Hampton Roads.[1]
Pier IX & Pier X are located adjacent to the Dominion Terminal, and across the bay from Lamberts Point Terminal. Together, these three terminals represent 23% of all coal export capacity in the United States, and in 2019 they handled 35% of all US coal exports.[2]
Location
The facility is located on the James River in Newport News, Virginia in the Hampton Roads area of the Chesapeake Bay. The larger Dominion Terminal can be seen directly to the east.
Background
The facility began operations in 1983 and handles coal, petroleum coke, synfuel and cement.[3][4] Pier IX originally had an annual coal capacity of 14.5 million short tons (approximately 13.2 million metric tonnes).[5]
In 2013 Kinder Morgan said it would spend $29 million to expand annual capacity at its Pier IX terminal from 14.5 million to 16 million short tons (14.5 million metric tonnes), with an expansion project called Pier X. Pier IX exported 14 million short tons of coal in 2012. It is served by CSX.[6] The Pier X expansion was completed in 2014.[7]
By 2021, coal exports at Pier IX and Pier X had fallen significantly. In the first 11 months of 2020, exports at the facility totalled 3.6 million short tons (3.27 metric tonnes), down from 6.91 million short tons (6.27 metric tonnes) in the first 11 months of 2019 and the lowest total for the corresponding period in over 12 years.[8]
Sightline Institute reports
An April 2012 report by the environmental think tank Sightline Institute, "The Facts about Kinder Morgan," , lists a series of legal violations and pollution incidents at various Kinder Morgan terminals. The report includes the following:[9]
- "In Louisiana, Kinder Morgan’s coal export facilities are so dirty that satellite photos clearly show coal dust pollution spewing into the Mississippi River."
- "In South Carolina, coal dust from Kinder Morgan’s terminal contaminates oysters, pilings, and boats. Locals have even caught the company on video washing coal directly into sensitive waterways."
- "In Virginia, Kinder Morgan’s coal export terminal is an open sore on the neighborhood, coating nearby homes in dust so frequently that even the mayor is speaking out about the problem."
- "In Portland, Kinder Morgan officials bribed a ship captain to illegally dump contaminated material at sea, and their operations have repeatedly polluted the Willamette River."
- "Kinder Morgan has been fined by the US government for stealing coal from customer’s stockpiles, lying to air pollution regulators, illegally mixing hazardous waste into gasoline, and many other crimes."
- "Kinder Morgan’s pipelines are plagued by leaks and explosions, including two large dangerous spills in residential neighborhoods in British Columbia."
Project Details
- Owner: Kinder Morgan Energy Partners
- Location: Newport News, Louisiana
- Capacity (Million metric tonnes per annum): 14.6
- Status: Operating
- Start year: 1983
- Type: Exports and Imports
- Cost of expansion: US$29 million (1.5 million short tons per annum in 2014)
- Financing for expansion:
Articles and resources
Related GEM.wiki articles
References
- ↑ Pier IX Terminal Case Study, UNI-Group, 2004.
- ↑ Estimated U.S. Coal Port Capacity (mst) - 2019 Update, US Coal Exports, 2019
- ↑ "Kinder Morgan Pier IX/X Terminal," SAI, accessed March 2018
- ↑ "Pier IX," Kinder Morgan, accessed May 2015
- ↑ "Major N. American coal ports," Platts, accessed May 2015
- ↑ "Kinder Morgan spending $400 million to add coal export capacity," Platts, 14 May 2013
- ↑ "Terminals," Kinder Morgan, Jan 30, 2014
- ↑ US Hampton Roads coal exports climb to four-month high in November, US Coal Exports, Jan. 7, 2021
- ↑ Eric de Place, "The Facts about Kinder Morgan," Sightline Institute, April 2012
