USDOT Approves Texas Deepwater Port Project

The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has approved a license application for a new deepwater port off the coast of Texas, with the capacity to move more than one million barrels of oil a day. 

The USDOT said the port will be located roughly 27 miles off the coast of Brazoria County, Texas, and will come paired with a shoreside support facility at Freeport Harbor. The project — known officially as the Texas GulfLink Deepwater Port — was first proposed in 2019, but had been s…