Entitlements
The paperwork is done.
Thirteen permits, agreements and approvals — federal, state, port and municipal — that together take four to seven years off a comparable project. Listed here in full.
- 01 Issued 2025
Section 10/404 permit — VLCC basin
Permit in hand for six VLCC ship docks on the La Quinta Ship Channel. Removes the single longest lead item in a Gulf Coast terminal — four to seven years against a greenfield start.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Berry Island
- 02 2023 – 2025
Development agreement
Provides for up to seven ship docks, access to the La Quinta Ship Channel, an easement to use port submerged lands, and pipeline and conduit easement agreements linking Berry Island and the Exxon Tract.
Port of Corpus Christi Authority · Berry Island
- 03 In place
Franchise agreement — “favored nations” clause
Guarantees wharfage rates no less favorable than competing docks in the port — the lowest available volume rates, in a pro-business jurisdiction.
Port of Corpus Christi Authority · Berry Island
- 04 2017 – 2022
De-annexation
Berry Island was de-annexed from the city, removing municipal zoning restrictions and allowing flexible development on accelerated timelines.
City of Corpus Christi · Berry Island
- 05 In place
Conduit easement
Easement for utilities to the mainland; two subsurface conduits already drilled beneath the La Quinta channel. A high-pressure natural-gas line from previous use exists on the island.
Port of Corpus Christi Authority · Berry Island
- 06 Secured
Pipeline rights-of-way
~2.5-mile corridor from the Exxon Tract and ~6.9-mile corridor from the Expansion Acreage to Berry Island — the physical link between deep water and inland feedstock.
Private easements · Exxon · Price → Berry Island
- 07 2025
Industrial zoning + Special Use permit
Authorizes immediate development of a terminal or ~20 MMBbl tank farm on the tract.
City of Ingleside · Exxon Tract
- 08 August 2025
Certificate of Completion — voluntary cleanup
Closes the remediation of the former Humble Oil refinery site and allows reconstruction of storage tanks. Soil and groundwater assessment completed 2012.
Railroad Commission of Texas · Exxon Tract
- 09 Pending
TCEQ certification — ~89 additional acres
69 acres remediated and awaiting certification; ~20 acres of former impoundment under active remediation by the previous owner at its contractual obligation. Wholly owned and legally segregated.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality · Exxon Tract expansion
- 10 In place
Industrial zoning — unannexed
Zoned industrial and not annexed by any municipality: no zoning restrictions. Permitting supports a ~10 MMBbl tank farm.
San Patricio County · Expansion Acreage
- 11 Approved
State Highway 200 approved route
Approved route runs directly through the property, with SH 361 immediately north.
Texas Department of Transportation · Exxon Tract
- 12 Available
Foreign-Trade Zone #122
Free-trade-zone status available to development on the platform.
Port of Corpus Christi Authority · All tracts
- 13 Permitted
Dredge-material placement
Berry Island is a permitted dredge-material placement area under an agreement in place since 2001 — a working, revenue-bearing use of the island ahead of development.
Regulatory permit · Berry Island
Statuses as described in company materials, February 2026. Instruments are available for review by qualified parties under a confidentiality agreement.
Diligence
Instruments, surveys and reports on request
Permits, agreements, the 2012 environmental assessment, the RRC certificate and survey plats are held by the company and made available to qualified parties.