Federal Issues

  • The Sabine-Neches Waterway Deepening Project
    The Sabine-Neches Waterway (SNWW): America's Energy Gateway

    - SNWW is the #1 US crude oil import port
    - SNWW will soon be the #1 US liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal and will host 40% of the nation's LNG import regasification capacity by 2010
    - SNWW supports 55% of the nation's strategic oil reserves
    - SNWW is home of the nation's #1 commercial military outload port
    - SNWW refineries produce 60% of the nation's commercial jet fuel and the majority of US military jet fuel
    - SNWW plants refine 11% of America's gasoline
    - SNWW is the nation's 4th largest waterway


    The Sabine-Neches Waterway is an irreplaceable link in our country's energy and military transportation network. Our waterway links to an extensive pipeline system that supplies communities and businesses across the country.

    With nearly $20 billion in new energy-related investments along the waterway, the SNWW urgently needs to upgrade in order to continue to serve its essential and expanding role. The waterway has not been upgraded since 1962.

    As a federal waterway, the SNWW needs immediate help from Washington to authorize deepening the waterway to 48 feet. The project is behind schedule and must be included in the next Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) reauthorization bill. This expansion would allow the waterway to accept deep draft tankers, better manage traffic, and better serve the energy needs of our country.

    The SNWW also needs immediate help from Washington for funding of on-going maintenance. The SNWW's Operation and Maintenance (O&M) needs were not fully funded in the President's 2009 budget, so please ask the Appropriations Committee to fully fund the Corps of Engineers' O&M funding needs.

    For more information, contact the Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce or Randall Reese, General Manager of the Sabine-Neches Navigation District (409) 729.4588

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