Coal Exports Statistics Jan. 2014

Gulf Coast Coal Export Terminals
New facilities and expansions (proposed and committed)
Statistics derived from shipping firm T. Parker Host.
LOUISIANA
Armstrong Coal RAM Terminal (Ironton/Myrtle Grove)
Proposal: New coal export facility
Facility Name: RAM Terminals LLC coal export
Owner: Armstrong Coal
Coal Type / Source: Colorado, Powder River Basin (PRB), Illinois Basin (West KY)
Proposed Capacity: 8 million tons per year (estimated) 1
Transport Method: Proposed rail access up Highway 23 through Belle Chasse to Gretna, via
New Orleans and Gulf Coast line
Total proposed expansion: 8 million tons per year
Permit references numbers
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Reference #: AI 181341
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Reference #: CUP 20120190
New Orleans District Army Corps (MVN USACE) Reference #: MVN ______ (withdrawn Feb
2013)
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1
Permits filed with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality give a range of 6-10 million tons
per year.
Kinder Morgan International Marine Terminals (Wood Park/Myrtle Grove)
Proposal: Expand existing coal export facility
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Reference #: AI 20098
Facility Name: International Marine Terminals
Owner: Kinder Morgan
Coal Types / Sources: Central Appalachian met coal (Massey), Colorado (Peabody), Powder
River Basin (PRB) (Peabody), Illinois Basin (Peabody)
2012 Exports: 3.8 million tons
Current Capacity: 10 million tons per year
Committed Capacity: 16 million tons per year
Transport Method: No rail access; Proposal for rail access up Highway 23 on New Orleans and
Gulf Coast line.
100 acres of available land for expansion
Total expansion 6 million tons per year
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Raven Energy Convent Marine Terminal (Convent)
Proposal: Expand existing coal export terminal
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Reference #: AI 30490
Facility Name: Convent Marine Terminal
Owner: Raven Energy L.L.C. (owned by Foresight Energy L.L.C. and Cline Group) – formerly
CN – IC Rail Marine
Coal Type / Source: Illinois Basin mines
2012 Exports: 6 million tons
Current Capacity: 10 million tons
Committed Capacity: 20 million tons
Transport Method: Rail access (estimated 2-5 trains per day)
Total expansion: 10 million tons per year
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Impala Warehousing Burnside Terminal (Burnside)
Proposal: New coal export facility
Owner: Trafigura
Coal Type and Source: unknown
2012 Exports: N/A
Current Capacity: N/A
Committed Capacity: 7.5 million tons per year
Transport Method: Has rail access (estimated 6-12 trains per day)
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Reference #: AI 39945
Total expansion:7.5 million tons
Oiltanking United Bulk Terminal (Davant / Port Sulphur, LA)
Proposal: Expand existing coal export facility
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Reference #: AI 10249
Owner: Oiltanking
Coal Type / Source: Powder River Basin (PRB), Illinois Basin (IL) and petroleum coke
(petcoke) (a coal-like substance left over from oil refining)
2012 Exports: 7.2 million tons
Current Capacity: 12 million tons per year
Committed Capacity: 22 million tons per year
Transport Method: No rail access
900 acres of developable land available for expansion
Total expansion: 10 million tons per year
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TEXAS
Kinder Morgan Deepwater Terminal (Pasadena)
Proposal: Expand existing coal export terminal
Facility Name: Deepwater Terminal
Owner: Kinder Morgan
Coal Type: Petcoke
2012 Exports: 300,000 tons per year
Current Capacity: 6 million tons per year
Committed Capacity: 10 million tons per year
Transport Method: Rail Access
Total expansion: 4 million tons per year
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Kinder Morgan Penn City Bulk Terminal (Houston, TX)
Proposal: Expand existing coal export facility
Owner: Kinder Morgan
Coal Type / Source: Colorado, Powder River Basin (PBR)
2012 Exports: 1.5 million tons (petcoke)
Current Capacity: 2.5 million tons per year (petcoke)
Committed Capacity: 2.7. million tons per year (coal) 2
Committed Capacity: 10.8 million tons per year (petcoke) 3
Total Capacity: 13.5 tons per year4
Transport Method: Has rail access (2-3 trains per day)
Petroleum Coke (Petcoke) facility converted to coal in 2011
Total expansion (coal and petcoke): 11 million
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Jacintoport Bulk Terminal (Houston)
Proposal: Expand existing coal export facility
Owner: Jacintoport, LLC
Coal Type / Source: Unknown
Proposed Capacity: 15 million tons per year 5
Transport Method: Rail access (6 trains per day)
Total proposed expansion: 15 million
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2
Figure derived from Penn City Bulk Terminal air permit application of filed with Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
(TCEQ).
3
Ibid.
4
5
Ibid..
Figure derived from Jacintoport Bulk Terminal filed with TCEQ.
New Elk Terminal (Corpus Christi) CANCELLED
Proposal: New coal export facility
Privately operated on public land – Lease of bulk terminal site (18 acres)
Owner: Port of Corpus Christi (PCCA)
Operator: Cline Group
Coal Type / Source: Colorado Basin New Elk Mine (metallurgical coal used in smelting iron
ore)
Proposed Capacity: 3 million tons per year
Transport Method: Rail access (1-2 trains per day)
Ambre / Cline Terminal (Corpus Christi) CANCELLED
Proposal: New coal export facility
Privately operated on public land.
Owner: Port of Corpus Christi
Operator: Joint Ambre Energy/Cline Group
Coal Type / Source: Powder River Basin (PRB) coals (mostly metallurgical coal used in
smelting iron ore)
Current Capacity: 20 million tons per year
Transport Method: Rail Access (8 trains per day)
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Ambre Energy Gulf States Bulk Terminal (Corpus Christi) CANCELLED
Proposal: New coal export facility
Lease of Port of Corpus Christi Authority (PCCA) bulk site
Facility Name: Gulf States Bulk Terminal
Owner: PCCA
Operator: Ambre Energy
Coal Type / Source: PRB–Decker Mine (MT); Black Butte Mine, Big Horn, Rose Bud (WY)
Proposed Capacity: 1.5-2.5 million tons per year
Transport Method: Rail Access (1-2 trains per day)
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ALABAMA
ThyssenKrupp McDuffie Coal Terminal (Mobile)
Proposal: Expand existing coal export facility
Owner: ThyssenKrupp AP
Coal Type / Source: metallurgical coal used in smelting iron ore (source unknown, likely
Central Appalachia)
2012 Exports: 9.9 million tons
Current Capacity: 10 million tons per year
Committed Capacity: 16 million tons per year
Transport Method: Has rail access (6-10 trains per day?)
2nd Largest coal export terminal in US
Total expansion: 6 million tons per year
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Walter Energy Mobile River Terminal (Mobile)
Proposal: Converting existing facility to coal export facility
Facility Name: Mobile River Terminal also known as Blue Creek Coal Terminal
Owner: Walter Energy, LLC
Coal Type / Source: metallurgical coal used in smelting iron ore
2012 Exports: N/A
Current Capacity: N/A
Committed Capacity: 6 million tons per year
Transport Method: Has rail access
Still in process of conversion
Total proposed expansion: 6 million tons per year
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FLORIDA
Tampa Bay Stevedores (Tampa)
Proposal: Midstreaming Stevedores – ships load directly from barges
Owner: Kinder Morgan
Coal Type: Unknown
Tonnage: Unknown www.kindermorgan.com/business/terminals/southeast/SETampaBayStevedores2009-Mar.pdf
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Total Known Expansion (proposed and committed) about 83.5 million tons per year
Total Known Export Capacity (proposed and committed) 134 million tons per year
Estimated increase in greenhouse gases because of expansions: c. 200 million tons
Estimated total greenhouse gases because of coal exports: c. 321.6 tons
Estimates based on figures available January 2014