The Jefferson Energy Terminal is unique because of its proximity and versatility. The terminal provides customers the following competitive advantages:
- Located in the center of the 9.1 million barrel per day Gulf Coast refining market (PAD III)
- Ability to handle inbound or outbound crude, ethanol and refined products
- On-site services include storage, blending and testing
- Direct access to Interstate 10 by truck and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (via the Neches River Ship Channel) by marine modes of barge and ship
- Over 1 millionbarrels of storage capacity, expandable in the future to over 17.7 million barrels
- Ability to blend to customer’s specifications to maximize refinery product yields
- State-of-the-art measurement systems
- Additional 308 acres for expansion tailored to customer needs and specifications
- Foreign trade zone for duty-free and tax-advantaged import of crude oil and export of products
Terminal to bulk liquid origination and destination terminals in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
- These superior rail logistics allow for direct haul without the need for handoffs between carriers
- This flexibility provides service availability as well as competitive transportation rates.The terminal is directly served by three U.S. Class I Rail Carriers (Union Pacific, BNSF, Kansas City Southern) as well as two Class l Canadian Carriers (CN and CP) by virtue of horsepower sharing agreements
- Ability to unload 120 free flow light crude rail cars and 120 heat-assisted heavy crude (including pure bitumen) oil rail cars at the same time
- Deep water marine dock (Aframax capable) for import or export
- Inland marine dock (up to 4x 30,000 barrel barges simultaneously)
- United States Coast Guard-approved inland barge dock capable of loading/unloading four – 30,000 barrel barges simultaneously
- United States Coast Guard-approved marine dock for loading ships, ocean-going barges and inland barges
- Both docks equipped with state-of-the-art dock vapor recovery and thermal oxidizer for emissions control
Truck Loading / Unloading
- Tank truck unloading system for handling locally-sourced crude
- Dedicated service overpass directly from Interstate-10 into the terminal
- Two crude unloading stations are able to accommodate up to four tank trucks per hour
- Crude unloading capacity of over 8,500 barrels per day with the ability to expand
- Ethanol truck loading capable of loading 20,000+ barrels of ethanol per day