Pipeline is not enough to get back into the black.
The problem is not transportation, the problem is that oil prices are too low.
Most shales needs at least $60 to break even, and really needs $80 to $100 per barrel to be profitable.
It isn't like $20 per barrel is the transportation costs.
Rail is already in the area and that is typically $10 per barrel. The pipeline, providing there is enough volume to keep it in operation, only reduces that by $5 per barrel to $5 per barrel.
Those savings can easily be wiped out if oil drops to $45 or $40 per barrel.
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