The Port Aransas Conservancy Supports the Bluewater Texas Offshore Terminal
Summary
Ltd have announced that they have formed a 50/50 joint venture, Bluewater Texas Terminal LLC ("Bluewater Texas"), to develop an offshore deepwater port project located approximately 21 nautical miles east of the entrance to the Port of Corpus Christi. The Port Aransas Conservancy (PAC) has long supported an offshore oil export terminal in contrast to plans by the Port of Corpus Christi Authority (PCCA) to build an onshore terminal on Harbor Island at the mouth of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. An onshore terminal would require very deep dredging from 10 miles offshore to a site next to an ecologically sensitive estuary. The Port Aransas Conservancy applauds Phillips 66 and Trafiguras plans to build an offshore single-point mooring (SPM) oil export terminal. The Port Aransas Conservancy supports the Bluewater Texas terminal and looks forward to working with the principals to ensure that it is constructed in the most environmentally sensitive manner possible.