Session 1: The Coming Resin Boom in the Gulf Coast

Moderator: Curtis D. Spencer, President, IMS Worldwide, Inc.

SPEAKERS: Gary Furneaux, ExxonMobil, Baytown, TexasFrank Vingerhoets, President KTN Americas

Table of Contents

How much Resin are we talking about?

What transportation infrastructure is needed in order to manage this Resin Boom?

How are the packagers, truckers and others situated to process this much Resin?

What will the impact be on Harris County?

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How Much Resin?

22 Billion Lbs/Yr MORE Than we produce today. 30% will be Exported- SO- Just for Exports…. That is 107,300 more Resin Rail-Cars That is 23,800 more SIT storage spaces in

Greater Harris County That is 400,000 more container loads/year Packaged in 40 Million More Feet of Warehouses. Equals Huge Boom for Harris County!

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Managing the Challenges of Accelerated Growth

Gary Furneaux, ExxonMobil Baytown Texas

Harris County International Trade & Transportation Conference

October 23, 2014

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Gulf Coast Growth Shale Gas Boom = Feedstock = Resin Production Gulf Coast Growth

- New Stream Crackers

- New Reactors

- De-bottleneck projects ExxonMobil

- Current Gulf Coast exports = ~300kTa

- North American Growth Project = 1300kTa

* 1 X Steam Cracker

* 2 X Polyethylene Reactors

- Proposed 1 X Polyethylene Reactor = 650kTa

Potential growth from 300kTa to 2250kTa

Potential growth from 50 to 360 trucks per day

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Growth Challenges - Rail Current Operations

- Load Hopper railcars for storage / transportation

- Rail to Houston area packaging facilities or NA customers

Growth Challenges

- Houston rail congestion

- Storage track availability

Opportunities

- Operational opportunities with Railroads

* 7 day a week switching

* Communication with RRs / forecasting to packagers

- 286k capable track

- RR storage track (SIT) or on-site track (loads & empties)

- Packaging company rail track

- Packaging on-site or adjacent property

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Growth Challenges – Packaging / Storage Current Operations

- Railcars offloaded to packaging lines / Seabulk loading

- Temporary storage prior to container loading

- Drayage to Port / Railheads for export

Growth Challenges

- Packaging capacity

- Rail infrastructure

- More storage requirements / slower throughput

Opportunities

- Communicate growth plans with packaging companies

- Commitment agreements versus enabling agreements

- Accurate volume forecasts

- Operational opportunities with Railroads

- High-speed packaging equipment

- Rail infrastructure matches capacity increases

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Growth Challenges – Trucking

Current Operations

- 20’ and 40’ containers drayed to PoH and Railheads

- Container Yards / Trailer Transfers often utilized

- Port Hours – 5 days a week / 0700-1700

- Railroad Intermodal ramps open ~24 / 7

- Road weight limits – 84k lbs.(w/ permit)

Growth Challenges

- Infrastructure

- Traffic congestion

- Truck / Chassis availability

- Driver availability

- Safety

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Growth Challenges – Trucking

Opportunities

- Support infrastructure improvement projects

- Safely Increase truck weight limits

- Commitment agreements vs enabling agreements

- Accurate volume forecasts

- Resin producer / packager - truck related infrastructure (container yard / staging yard, etc.)

- Dedicated drayage truck fleets / operations

- Orderly transition of chassis ownership

- Dedicated trucking operations / standard driver hrs.

- Driver safety standards

- Transportation Management

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Growth Challenges - Port Current Operations

- Barbours Cut / Bayport container terminals

- 2013: ~ 2M TEUs

- 2013: Plastics largest export by tonnage / $ value

- ~ balanced container availability

Growth Challenges

- Export growth

- Panama Canal Growth

- Infrastructure challenges: port depth / turning basin

Opportunities

- Expand port operating hours (CBP)

- Shippers commit volumes to ‘off-hours’

- Shippers communicate growth plans

- Operational efficiencies

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Growth Challenges – Marine Dry Cargo

Current Operations

- All major shipping lines serve Port of Houston

- Intermodal to LA / LB

Growth Challenges

- Container availability

- Panama Canal implications

Opportunities

- Longer-term MDC agreements

- Commitment agreements versus enabling agreements

- Monitor allocation agreements

- Accurate volume forecasts

- Communication with SSL equipment managers

- Reposition containers (Dallas / MX / East Coast strings)

- Freight Forwarder serves to coordinate multiple parties

New Manufacturing in Harris CountyRESIN BOOM !

Frank Vingerhoets, President KTN Americas

October 23rd 2014

Key Data

Covered warehouse capacity 60,000,000 ft²

Logistics platforms 150

Countries 28

Employees 11,000

Revenue $1.4 billion

Headquarters Antwerp, Belgium

Structure Privately owned company

Number of silos 3,100

Worldwide Locations

North America

Houston Locations

FUTURE

Current

Current

KTN HOUSTON POLYMERS TERMINAL, Houston TX

Sq. Ft. 1,850,000

Railcar spots 540

Silos 24

Boxing Lines 7

Bagging Lines 7

Repacking Rooms 1

Temp Controlled Rooms n/a

Special Added Services 3

Transfer Systems 6

# of Buildings 4

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ETHYLENE PROJECTS

• 10 new gas crackers have announced: Chevron Phillips (Cedar Bayou), ExxonMobil (Baytown), Dow (Freeport), Formosa (Point Comfort & Louisiana), OxyChem (Ingleside), Axiall (Louisiana), Sasol (Lake Charles), Shell (Monaca) and Odebrecht (Parkersville, WV).

Project CCLT – Master plan

• Site is connected to Union Pacific and BNSF:– High capacity yard of 2,000 cars– Large inbound and outbound tracks for flexibility to

receive large block trains• Easy access to major road connections (Grand Parkway 99, I-

10, 146)• Close proximity to Barbour’s Cut and Bayport Container

Terminals• Heavy Haul to Cedar Bayou Barge Terminal • Foreign Trade Zone Facility

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Project CCLT – Master plan

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Project CCLT – Artist Impression

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Project CCLT – Phase I

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• 500,000 sqft warehousing + supporting buildings (office, maintenance):

• Large civil infrastructure:• Entrance road • Massive drainage and detention structure to support master

plan development

• Rail development:• Connection UP & BNSF per approved design• Rail tracks to building + bulk unloading tracks• 150 HC spots yard + lead and run-around tracks

Project CCLT – Phase I

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Project CCLT – Phase I

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Thank You for your

attention !!!

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