Sea Port Oil Terminal (SPOT)
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Sea Port Oil Terminal (SPOT) is a proposed LNG export terminal in United States.
Location
Table 1: Location details
| Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Sea Port Oil Terminal (SPOT) | Freeport, Texas, United States[1] | 28.4557085, -95.0868523 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the terminal:
Project Details
Table 2: Infrastructure details
| Name | Facility type | Status | Capacity | Total terminal capacity | Offshore | Associated infrastructure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Port Oil Terminal (SPOT) | export | proposed | – | – | True | – |
Table 3: Cost
| Name | Facility type | Cost | Total known terminal costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Port Oil Terminal (SPOT) | export | – | – |
Financing
No financing data available.
Table 4: Project timeline
| Name | Facility type | Status | Proposal year | FID year | Construction year | Operating year | Inactive year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Port Oil Terminal (SPOT) | export | proposed | – | – | – | – | – |
Ownership
Table 5: Ownership
| Name | Facility type | Status | Owners | Parent companies | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea Port Oil Terminal (SPOT) | export | proposed | Spot Terminal Services LLC [100%][2] | Enterprise Products Partners LP [100.0%] | – |
Background
SPOT would involve the transportation of two million barrels of Permian crude oil every day through 50 miles of new pipeline to a new oil storage facility in Oyster Creek, Texas. From there, twin pipelines would cut through the town of Surfside Beach and into the ocean to a loading platform 30 miles off the Gulf Coast. This infrastructure would permit the loading of the largest oil tankers in the world, called Very Large Crude Carriers, for export to global markets. The project would cross 129 water bodies en route to the coast, threatening wetlands, waterways, and the well water which the Surfside community relies on.[3]
On January 31, 2019, Enterprise Products submitted an application to the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and Maritime Administration (MARAD) seeking a Federal license under the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 (DWPA), as amended, to own, construct, operate, and eventually decommission the export terminal.[4] In July 2019 Enterprise and Chevron announced that they had agreed on a final investment decision (FID) to support the project. [5] In December 2019 Enterprise announced that it will be jointly developing the project with Enbridge.[6]
In early April 2024, MARAD issued a license for SPOT, effectively allowing Enterprise to begin construction.[7]
Project delay and opposition
In June 2020, USCG and MARAD suspended their review of and the drafting of an environmental impact statement for SPOT due to unanswered questions from Enterprise and Enbridge about the project description and a list of affected landowners.[8] The promoters had planned to commence construction in summer 2020 on receipt of the federal licensing. The delay, on top of global oil market uncertainties resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, means that the project's completion date will be pushed to at least 2023 given the expected two year construction period if the project receives a green light to progress.[9]
The comment period for the project's Draft Environmental Impact Statement saw local residents and concerned advocates submitting over 38,000 comments in opposition to the SPOT project, highlighting the risk it poses to waterways, endangered species, public health, local economies, and the global climate. The public submissions against the project followed calls from impacted local governments which also called for the project’s denial. In March 2020, the Surfside Beach City Council voted unanimously to oppose the project, and, in May 2020, Oyster Creek Mayor Justin Miller expressed similar opposition to the project.[3]
Environmental impact statement
The final environmental impact statement (FEIS) was published in late July 2022, with a comment period to follow that was set to end on 12 September, 2022.[10]
Articles and Resources
Additional data
To access additional data, including an interactive map of LNG terminals, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.
References
- ↑ https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=MARAD-2019-0011-0036.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/10/29/2021-23016/deepwater-port-license-application-spot-terminal-services-llc.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "As Sea Port Oil Terminal comment period closes, advocates submit tens of thousands of comments opposed", Oil Change International press release, Jun. 1, 2020
- ↑ SPOT Draft Environmental Impact Statement Text, MARAD, Feb. 7, 2020
- ↑ Enterprise Products Makes FID on Texas Offshore Oil Terminal, Maritime Executive, Jul. 31, 2019
- ↑ Sergio Chapa, "Enterprise, Enbridge, former competitors, team up in offshore crude oil export terminal race", Houston Chronicle, Dec. 9, 2019
- ↑ "Enterprise receives approval to build Texas deepwater oil port as exports soar". worldoil.com. 2024-04-09. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ↑ Sergio Chapa, "Feds suspend review of Enterprise's offshore crude oil export terminal", Houston Chronicle, Jun. 8, 2020
- ↑ Jordan Blum, "Phillips 66, Trafigura Bluewater offshore terminal remains up in the air during pandemic", S&P Global, Jun. 10, 2020
- ↑ "Federal Register :: Request Access". www.federalregister.gov. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
