Texas GulfLink Deepwater Port

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Texas GulfLink Deepwater Port is a proposed LNG export terminal in United States.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Texas GulfLink Deepwater Port	Brazoria County, Texas, United States	28.4943866, -94.5821725 (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
Texas GulfLink Deepwater Port	export	proposed	–	–	False	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Texas GulfLink Deepwater Port	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
Texas GulfLink Deepwater Port	export	proposed	–	–	–	–	–

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Texas GulfLink Deepwater Port	export	proposed	Texas Gulflink LLC [100%]	Cresta Fund Management LLC	–

Background

On 30 May 2019, Texas GulfLink applied with the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) for a license to construct, own, operate, and decommission the crude oil export terminal.

According to Oil & Gas Watch: The Texas GulfLink Terminal Project would consist of a Deepwater Oil Port near Freeport, Texas, capable of loading deep draft Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) vessels. The Deepwater Port will deliver crude oil via an onshore crude pipeline to above-ground crude oil storage tanks. Upon nomination from the crude oil shipper, the oil will be transported to one of two floating Single Point Mooring (SPM) buoys in the Gulf of Mexico, which would will allow for VLCC vessels to moor and receive up to 2 million barrels of crude oil each to be exported internationally.

Opposition

The #stopgulflink campaign has developed to try and halt further approval and construction of the project.

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Additional data

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