Cruz tells Biden deepwater oil and gas terminals taking too long to permit
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz attends Republican Harris County Judge candidate Alexandra del Moral Mealer watch party at Kirby Ice House on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 in Houston.WASHINGTON - Sen. Ted Cruz is demanding the Biden administration explain why it is taking so long to pThere are currently five applications awaiting approval from the Department of Transportation for export terminals off the Texas and Louisiana coasts, four of which were filed before 2021.
“I am concerned that these deepwater port projects, which contribute to the state of Texas and to the economic and energy security of the nation, are being delayed unnecessarily," he wrote."While these projects are complex and require the review and input of the public and other state and federal agencies, applicants have complained of prolonged delays."along the Gulf Coast, including Enterprise Products' deepwater Sea Port Oil Terminal off the Brazoria County coast last year.
Biden approved Sempra Energy's application to export U.S.-sourced natural gas from two LNG terminals on Mexico's Pacific coastline. Among the projects awaiting approval are the Blue Marlin Deepwater Port project by Energy Transfer, off the the Texas-Louisiana border, and Phillips 66's Bluewater Texas Terminal, 15 miles off the Corpus Christi coast, both of which will have capacity to export 1.9 million barrels of crude per day.
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