The Port of Corpus Christi’s new dock recently received its first shipment of crude oil.
The new dock, located in the port’s Inner Harbor, received the delivery from EPIC Midstream.
“With the safe loading of its first vessel from the Port of Corpus Christi, we extend a hearty congratulations to Phil Mezey, EPIC Midstream CEO, and his team,” Sean Strawbridge, Port of Corpus Christi CEO, said. “As increasingly more Texas crude oil production finds its way to the most competitive gateway on the entire U.S. Gulf Coast, the Port of Corpus Christi continues its record-breaking economic evolution as the true Energy Port of the Americas.”
The Port of Corpus Christi’s 36-mile, deep channel is in the process of being deepened to 54 feet. The port is the nation’s third-largest in total revenue tonnage and is the second-largest exporter of crude oil.
EPIC Crude Holdings operates the EPIC Crude Oil Pipeline that runs from Orla, Texas, to the port and serves the Delaware, Midland, and Eagle Ford Basins. The company’s mainline pipeline will be completed in January and is forecasted to have a capacity of 600,000 barrels of oil daily.
The company expects to have approximately 7.5 million barrels of storage across its system.