Owner’s Engineering for Deepwater Terminal

Project overview

Offshore oil-loading terminal for eight VLCCs per month
60,000-BPH loading rate (192 MMBPY)
SPM buoy
Shore-to-terminal pipeline
Onshore storage

Scope of work

Project management
Project controls
Multidiscipline engineering
Detailed project scheduling & coordination
Standards compliance
Maritime Administration (MARAD) permitting

Project summary

Audubon was selected by Trafigura Trading to provide owner’s engineering for a deepwater terminal off the coast of Corpus Christi, Texas. The Texas Gulf Terminals project included a single-point mooring (SPM) buoy, a shore-to-terminal pipeline, and an onshore storage terminal.

The offshore port has a loading capacity of 192 MMBPY from eight very large crude carriers (VLCCs), making it the first in Texas to handle this type of vessel. To achieve this important goal, Audubon leveraged its expertise in project management for pipelines and terminals, including controls, scheduling, coordination, and compliance.

With the Audubon owner’s engineering services brought to its deepwater terminal project, Trafigura Trading was able to build an efficient, alternative loading option in the Gulf of Mexico that reduces port congestion.