Bluewater Texas (BWTX) Terminal

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Bluewater Texas (BWTX) Terminal is an LNG export terminal in United States with units that are proposed.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Terminal 1	Corpus Christi, Texas, United States	27.9049108, -96.6276463 (exact)
Terminal 2	Corpus Christi, Texas, United States	27.9049108, -96.6276463 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the terminal:

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Project Details

Table 2: Infrastructure details

mtpa = million tonnes per year

Name	Facility type	Status	Capacity	Total terminal capacity	Offshore	Associated infrastructure
Terminal 1	export	proposed	–	–	True	–
Terminal 2	export	proposed	–	–	True	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Terminal 1	export	–	–
Terminal 2	export	–	–

Financing

No financing data available.

Table 4: Project timeline

FID = Final Investment Decision, used by some developers to indicate a project will move forward

Name	Facility type	Status	Proposal year	FID year	Construction year	Operating year	Inactive year
Terminal 1	export	proposed	–	–	–	–	–
Terminal 2	export	proposed	–	–	–	–	–

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Terminal 1	export	proposed	Bluewater Texas Terminal LLC [100%]	Phillips 66 [50.0%]; Farringford Foundation	–
Terminal 2	export	proposed	Bluewater Texas Terminal LLC [100%]	Phillips 66 [50.0%]; Farringford Foundation	–

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.

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Additional data

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