ECHO terminal nearly ready to take first oil

摘要

Houston—Enterprise Products Partner’s widely anticipated ECHO terminal is only weeks away from accepting its first barrels, but it is too soon to say whether it is poised to become a new benchmark US delivery center. Still under construction, the ECHO terminal in southeastern Harris County, Texas will be a vital addition to the changing US crude landscape, offering landmark connectivity between growing production areas and Gulf Coast refiners. But it may not be big enough to qualify as serious competition for Cushing, Oklahoma’s big oil storage site.