Houston Ship Channel HDD (Baytown)
The Houston region, the country’s No. 1 region for exports, is home to the largest petrochemical manufacturing complex in the Americas. Energy production and the export of crude oil, along with the increasing global demand for chemicals produced in the region, are major drivers of this success.
Largely because of petrochemical activity along the 52-mile ship channel, the nearly 200 private companies that make up the Greater Port of Houston have helped make the port the No. 1 U.S. port in foreign waterborne tonnage. Petroleum and petroleum products are leading import and export commodities.
ExxonMobil Pipeline Company installed two pipelines underneath the Houston Ship Channel between the areas of East Harris County and Baytown, Texas, using a technique called Horizontal Directional Drilling. Some of this work included activity on Alexander Island, an uninhabited island within the channel. This project was a part of our $500 million energy infrastructure investment in East Harris County, and will help power the regional economy while promoting U.S. energy security.
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