Client
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Location
Freeport, TX, U.S.
U.S. DOE Freeport to Texas City Pipeline
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded Fluor the overall project services for a crude oil pipeline that follows the Texas coast from Freeport to Texas City, Texas.
The 40-inch pipeline extends the 46 miles from the Bryan Mound Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) site near Freeport to an ARCO oil refinery in the Texas City. Fluor's overall services for the pipeline project included detail design, requisitions for long-lead materials and construction. Fluor researched and advised the DOE on route selection, right-of-way and property acquisition for the 46-mile pipeline. The pipeline will pump about one million barrels a day.
The crude oil is currently stored in the caverns leached out of the Bryan Mound salt domes. This storage is part of the strategic petroleum reserves, which are designed to distribute oil in the event of a national oil crisis. Once the pipeline is completed and oil flows to Texas City, it can be distributed to the Gulf Coast and Midwest refineries via the existing commercial pipeline distribution systems.
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