Business View Magazine | October 2019

130 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2019 straight from the refinery, so they buy it from a trader. The traders are purchasing the diesel and the gasoline and the jet fuel and once they buy it, they need a place to store it. So, they lease storage with us. It is then barged, shipped, trucked, or railed to us. Typically, they’ve already made the sale once it’s got there, because a lot of their clients are repeat customers and so they keep a stockpile with us in the individual tanks that they’ve leased. Once they sell it – most of it goes into Mexico – those companies come and pick it up either by rail or truck, which are typically the two modes that go outbound.” According to Malone, Bluewing has several competitive advantages over its competitors, not the least of which is its proximity to the Mexican border. “At the time that we purchased the facility, gasoline and fuels were not deregulated in Mexico; everybody bought everything from Pemex (the Mexican state-owned petroleum company). Since then, it has become deregulated, so they’re now able to buy from the U.S. and, given that we’re 281.485.1105 Speak To A Project Specialist AURA+CELERITY TEAMWORK YOU CAN TRUST Great engineers work together seamlessly. Aura Engineering and Celerity Engineering are proud to provide the total package of engineering services for Bluewing Midstream’s Phase I and II Expansion Projects in Brownsville. For more than 15 years, our veteran teams have worked hand-in-hand to engineer terminal facilities across Texas and beyond. Midstream Engineering and Design Services CELERITY ENGINEERING, Inc. celerityeng.com aura-engineering.com Contact us today for a new level of seamless engineering service. Electrical Mechanical Process Structural