The Maritime Administration (MARAD) recently approved a deepwater port license application for the $1 billion Blue Marlin Offshore Port project.
“Authorizing the Blue Marlin deepwater port license — our fourth such approval under the Trump Administration — demonstrates our ability to safely accelerate critical energy projects that bolster our supply chains and lower energy prices,” MARAD Administrator Stephen Carmel said.
The project will be built approximately 99 miles off the coast of Cameron Parish, La., and will use existing and converted platform infrastructure in West Cameron Block 509. Once completed, it will allow very large crude carriers to load directly and will export up to 2 million barrels of crude oil daily.
The crude oil supply will be sourced from a dedicated pipeline system connecting supply hubs in Texas and Southwest Louisiana to the offshore platform network.
“Building this port will unleash domestic production, create more than 1,000 good-paying construction jobs along the Gulf of America, and open vital supply lines to global markets that will solidify our nation as the world’s largest energy exporter,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
During the review process, MARAD partnered with the U.S. Coast Guard, numerous federal agencies, and the state governments of Louisiana and Texas.