Nick Blenkey of MarineLog reports Sentinel Midstream has received final approval from the U.S. Department of Transportation for its Texas GulfLink deepwater crude oil export port. The port, located off Brazoria County, Texas, will export up to two million barrels per day via floating buoys and a manned offshore platform. This approval supports U.S. energy goals and global market expansion. Blenkey writes:
Sentinel Midstream has cleared the final regulatory hurdle needed for it to go ahead with its planned Texas GulfLink deepwater U.S. crude oil export port.
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Feb. 14 announced that the Maritime Administration (MARAD) had issued the Texas GulfLink (TGL) Record of Decision (ROD) to Sentinel Midstream, LLC, which will own, construct, and operate the deepwater port for the export of domestically produced crude oil, located approximately 26.6 nautical miles off the coast of Brazoria County, Texas
According to Sentinel Midstream, Texas GulfLink will have the ability to safely fully load Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) to export crude oil to the global market. Texas GulfLink will receive crude oil via an onshore crude oil pipeline from the Houston market into above-ground crude oil storage tanks, which will be located near Jones Creek, Texas. The crude oil will be transported via a 42-inch pipeline to one of two floating Single Point Mooring (SPM) buoys in the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 32 miles offshore from the Freeport, Texas area. […]
Texas GulfLink submitted an application for a deepwater port license to the United States Maritime Administration and United States Coast Guard on May 30, 2019.
The USCG and MARAD, in coordination with participating federal agencies, prepared the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), which was published on July 5, 2024. […]
The announcement of the Texas GulfLink ROD came the same day that President Trump announced the establishment of the National Energy Dominance Council.
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