Ideal Location
Located 40 miles east of Houston, TRU Hub is sited at the Moss Bluff salt dome, at the epicenter of the Texas Gulf Coast’s energy infrastructure network.
TRU Hub™
Ideal Location. Immense Scale. Well-Connected.
Immense Scale
When fully developed, TRU Hub's 12 salt caverns will represent approximate total capacity of up to:
- 96 billion cubic feet (96 Bcf) of high-deliverability gas capacity,
- 128 million barrels (128 MMbbls) of liquids storage, or
- A combination of gas and liquids storage cavern capacity, as markets demand.
Well-Connected
TRU Hub will provide access to multiple pipeline interconnections that allow energy products to be moved in and out of storage quickly and transported by pipeline to multiple customer destinations.
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Proximity to up to 12 Natural Gas Pipelines
The first phase of the TRU Hub project includes constructing a large-diameter north-south natural gas pipeline header that will interconnect with up to 12 interstate and intrastate natural gas transmission lines. This excellent interconnectivity will allow TRU Hub’s customers access to the reliability and flexibility of high-turn storage service in support of LNG export facilities, industrial and petrochemical demand centers (Mont Belvieu, Baytown, Beaumont, Port Arthur), midstream pipeline network operators and power generators in both the MISO South and ERCOT power grids.
Connectivity to Natural Gas Liquids Markets
TRU Hub is being developed 12 miles east of Mont Belvieu, Texas, in close proximity to a multitude of liquids pipelines. As such, TRU Hub is in a perfect location to serve the storage needs of the U.S. natural gas liquids (NGLs) industry. Mont Belvieu serves as the primary Texas Gulf Coast hub for natural gas fractionation, producing ethane, propane, butane, and other products which are transported in pipelines to customers who use them for consumer products, energy, and materials manufacturing.
Connectivity to Low-Carbon Hydrogen Markets
TRU Hub is also perfectly located to interconnect into the growing low-carbon hydrogen ecosystem. All three industrial gas companies’ large-diameter purity hydrogen pipelines are adjacent to the TRU Hub facility. TRU Hub is the closest developable salt property to Baytown and is in close proximity to multiple HyVelocity Hub hydrogen projects in the Houston Ship Channel to Beaumont region of Southeast Texas. Our excellent location creates an unparalleled opportunity for TRU Hub to establish itself as a true open-access market center in the small but growing low carbon ecosystem.
| Planned Interconnecting Pipelines | |||
| KM Tejas | 30” | 900mmcfd | Intra |
| KM Texas | 20” | 350mmcfd | Intra |
| EPD Channel | 30” | 900mmcfd | Intra |
| TETCO | 30” | 900mmcfd | Inter |
| NGPL 1 & 2 | 30” 30” | 1.8Bcfd total | Inter |
| Trunkline 1001 / 1002 | 24” 24” | 1Bcfd total | Inter |
| Transco A and B | 30” 30” | 1.8Bcfd total | Inter |
| Blackfin*** | 48” | 3.5Bcfd | Intra |
| APEX*** | 42” | 2Bcfd | Intra |
| KM Trident*** | 48” | 2.8Bcfd | Intra |
| De La Express*** | 42” | 2Bcfd | Inter |
*** Blackfin, APEX, KM Trident and De La Express lines are under development / construction, information based on company estimates
Designed to Provide Reliability of Supply by Providing Energy Storage at Scale
Texas Reliability Underground Hub™, or TRU Hub, is well positioned to provide the Texas Gulf Coast LNG export / generation / petrochemical corridor with critical storage services and fast-response capacity that will enable the energy sector to move toward 100% reliability.
Benefits Of Tru Hub
- Proven geology in the heart of the Moss Bluff salt dome
- 100 acres of combined mineral and surface rights with potential to increase our salt footprint
- 12 cavern wellbore locations
- Phase One calls for two natural gas caverns. Full buildout of all 12 caverns will include hydrogen and natural gas liquids caverns.
- Significant surface footprint for compression, dehydration and related operations with required permits received from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Access to 3,000+ acres of undeveloped surface for full storage buildout
- Equidistant between Houston Ship Channel and Beaumont/Port Arthur marine export centers
- 12 miles east of the ERCOT/MISO power grid boundary for multiple-grid distribution and merchant power sales
- Excellent location to site new industrial and/or power load.
- Ideal for a large datacenter and/or thermal power plant:
- Collocated atop immense underground storage
- Certainty of natural gas supply
- Clear pathway toward reliable low-carbon hydrogen supply given proximity to existing and future hydrogen infrastructure
Phased Development Plan
Phase 1
TRU Hub will be constructed in phases that coincide with market demand for energy storage. The first phase of the TRU Hub development will involve solution-mining two natural gas caverns and constructing a large-diameter north-south natural gas pipeline header that will interconnect with up to 12 vital interstate and intrastate natural gas transmission lines. The two natural gas caverns in the first phase will each have a working capacity of 10 Bcf for a total of 20 Bcf.
TRU Hub will be a Texas intrastate storage facility with interconnectivity to interstate pipelines established under Natural Gas Policy Act section 311. TRU Hub has obtained all long-lead permits with respect to the storage facility from the Texas Railroad Commission and the United States Army Corps of Engineers. TRU Hub is currently obtaining long-lead permits with respect to the pipeline header, none of which are expected to be critical path. All preliminary engineering studies are complete, and final FEED studies will be completed during the summer of 2025. Subject to finalizing firm storage service contracts with customers, NeuVentus plans to make its final investment decision on TRU Hub by the end of 2025, with construction commencing immediately thereafter. TRU Hub is on schedule for phased in-service dates beginning in 2028.
| TRU Hub: Phase 1 Natural Gas Overview | |
| # of Natural Gas Caverns | 2 |
| Total Capacity | 26 Bcf |
| Working Capacity | 20 Bcf |
| Max Injection Rate (current design) | 600 MMcf/d (could increase in response to demand signals) |
| Max Withdrawal Rate (current design) | Up to 1.2 Bcf/d (could increase in response to demand signals) |
| Compression Horsepower (current design) | Up to 27,500 (could increase in response to demand signals) |
| # of Turns | Up to 8 |
| Summary of Pipeline Interconnections | Up to 12 major Texas intrastate and interstate pipelines at the intersection of Texas supply, Gulf Coast demand and global LNG trade. |
Natural Gas Storage Customers
Once TRU Hub’s natural gas header and the first two storage caverns are placed into service, TRU Hub will provide high-turn storage services to:
- LNG export facilities,
- Industrial and petrochemical demand centers,
- Midstream pipeline network operators, and
- Power generators in both the MISO South and ERCOT power grids.
Daily Injection Capacity hor LNG Exporters
TRU Hub’s salt cavern storage will be located in close proximity to many LNG export facilities along the Gulf Coast in Texas and Louisiana. This creates an opportunity to provide high-deliverability, high-turn service with an emphasis on significant daily injection capacity.
Daily Withdrawal Capacity for Power Generators
TRU Hub’s close proximity to significant sources of gas and gas-driven electricity demand also creates an opportunity to provide high-deliverability, high-turn service with an emphasis on significant daily withdrawal capacity.
Salt Cavern Value Capture
It is well-known that salt cavern storage allows capacity owners to capture both extrinsic storage values (as fluctuating market forces create deviations from the forward curve) as well as intrinsic storage values (as increasing global reliance on natural gas deepens seasonality along the forward curve). TRU Hub’s exceptional location and interconnectivity greatly amplify that inherent salt cavern storage value proposition.