The Port of Corpus Christi surpassed Houston late last year as the nation’s top crude exporter, and now the rapidly growing petroleum hub aims to take the next step by shipping out grades of Canadian crude and Bakken Shale oil. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now There’s just one key, but obvious, holdup: a coronavirus pandemic that crippled global oil demand and triggered a wave of pipeline construction deferrals. Thanks to a wave of long-haul crude pipelines connecting the Permian Basin to Corpus Christi that came online in 2019 and 2020 — Cactus II, EPIC and Gray Oak — the port is still shipping out an average of more than 1.5 million b/d in crude oil […]