BULK WATER Services for Corpus Christi, TX

Cheniere Energy's Corpus Christi Liquefaction facility is in the midst of its largest single expansion program in the terminal's history, with the CCL Stage 3 seven-train expansion adding more than 10 million tonnes per annum of capacity, Train 1 achieving substantial completion in March 2025, Train 2 in August 2025, Train 3 in October 2025, and Trains 4 through 7 scheduled for sequential completion through 2026 (Cheniere), while Cheniere simultaneously advanced a positive final investment decision in June 2025 for the CCL Midscale Trains 8 and 9 project and filed for FERC pre-filing review on a Stage 4 expansion that would add four large-scale trains with approximately 24 million tonnes per annum of additional capacity, establishing Corpus Christi as the site of one of the most sustained and multi-phase large-scale energy infrastructure construction programs on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The Port of Corpus Christi's deep-water access on the La Quinta Ship Channel, its interconnections with multiple major interstate and intrastate pipeline systems, and its position as the hub of South Texas energy export activity have attracted complementary investments in crude oil export terminals, petrochemical facilities, and industrial infrastructure alongside the Cheniere complex, creating a construction and commissioning environment that spans multiple operators and project types simultaneously. Corpus Christi sits at the intersection of the Texas Gulf Coast export corridor and the Permian Basin production corridor, approximately 200 miles south of San Antonio and with direct pipeline access to Permian and Eagle Ford gas supply, positioning it as the delivery point for the largest volume of West Texas-origin natural gas processed into LNG for international export in the country. LNG train commissioning programs require vast quantities of bulk water for cooling system startup, process circuit wet-out, hydrostatic testing of long-haul feed gas pipeline laterals, concrete work on new marine berths and storage tank foundations, and construction camp support for workforces that peak in the thousands at a single site. With Stage 3 completions sequencing through 2026, Stage 4 pipeline infrastructure entering pre-filing, and complementary terminals and industrial projects advancing across the Coastal Bend, regional water sourcing capacity is under pressure from concurrent multi-project demand that rewards contractors who arrive with supply already confirmed. Water Runner provides TCEQ-licensed bulk water delivery with the fleet capacity and Gulf Coast operational reach to support Corpus Christi-area LNG, industrial, and port infrastructure construction projects reliably from first mobilization through commissioning completion.