Beaumont, Nederland, and Port Authur Crude Oil Destinations. Image courtesy Kansas City Southern Railroad
The multi-modal terminal will be able to receive unit trains and manifested trains served by Kansas City Southern Railroad with the capability of rail car storage, switching and transloading into over 1.0 MM barrels of onsite storage, accessible by marine modes at the deep water dock at the Port of Port Arthur, ranked 14th in total U.S. tonnage and accessible by Interstate Highway 10. This location is in the center of multiple major refineries where nearly 47% of the U.S. refining capacity resides.
Marine Facilities: The Reata Marine Terminal is located on and is accessed by the Sabine-Neches Waterway and the Gulf Intracoastal Canal which together form an interlocking set of channels and canals extending from the Gulf of Mexico to various ports along the Gulf Coast. The terminal will be served by two barge docks and one deep water dock at the Port of Port Arthur having water depths maintained at 41’ and a total dock length of over 3000’.
With Congress passing H.R. 3080 in June of 2014, federal funds totaling $748 million was allocated to the Sabine-Neches Waterway Improvement Project. This project will deepen the existing channel to a depth of 48 feet that will accommodate the larger ships (new Panamax size, 125,000 MT) that can now navigate through the Panama Canal. The Sabine Neches Waterway will be the first Gulf Coast system to accommodate the post Panama expansion vessels from origins worldwide. This waterway not only has national importance but is often referred to as “America’s Energy Gateway” to the largest refineries and petrochemical plants in the United States.
Rail Service: Reata will install over 7,200” feet of new track that ties into Kansas City Southern Railroad’s main line and terminus in Southeast Texas. The rail cars serviced by this new track will be capable of unloading a unit train within a 24—hour period by a state of the art unloading system. Products brought in by rail, barge or truck can be piped and stored in over 1.0 MM barrels of capacity in stainless steel tanks with floating roofs with a total future build out of over 2 million barrels of storage capacity.