The US Maritime Administration of the Department of Transportation has approved Enterprise's Sea Port Oil Terminal's proposal to build a huge Gulf oil terminal.
Despite the president's previous remarks on the use of fossil fuels and carbon emissions, the Biden administration has discreetly approved plans to construct a new crude oil port in the Gulf of Mexico off Texas.
One of four proposed offshore oil export terminals, Enterprise's Sea Port Oil Terminal's proposal (pdf below) was authorised on Monday by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) of the Department of Transportation.
The port will be located off the coast of Freeport, Texas, according to the application. It will increase the United States' daily oil export capability by 2 million barrels and have a storage capacity of 4.8 million barrels.
The decision was made in the midst of a nationwide increase in energy costs that many have attributed on Biden's unfavourable domestic energy policy.
The reason for the a...