pipes are going to get laid either way, oh yeah Keystone would also flow ND oil..... You prefer Trucks?
"""Across the Bakken Oil Field in Western North Dakota more than three thousand wells are pulling crude oil out from under the prairie. Once that oil is out of the ground getting it to refineries across North America safely is difficult. Some say that until a comprehensive pipeline system is built here, drivers in this part of North Dakota will continue to see trucks hauling oil hundreds of miles.
After pumping oil 10,000 feet to the surface, sending it on a road trip that can be hundreds of miles long is expensive. While most agree that pipeline is the best solution to cut down on long trips for oil trucks, planning for the future is difficult.
"Where is production going to be in 2 years, 5 years, 10 years? That`s really been the challenge as we try to get new projects put together so we`re not undersizing projects or oversizing projects. We want to have the right size project at the right time put together," says Justin Kringstad from the State Pipeline Authority. He says determining where to put pipelines is like trying to hit a moving target.
Kringstad adds that in the short term trucking oil to places where it can be placed onto trains is the best option because it`s easy to expand capacity.
That`s the case with Enbridge Pipeline`s agreement with a rail transport company to move oil through Stanley.
"I think once we see our customer`s demands hit the ground, we`ll see increased volumes getting to Stanley via pipe versus rail," said Mike Moeller, Enbridge North Dakota General Manager.
Kringstad says it all makes for a very exciting and busy time in Western North Dakota, "The investment that we`ve seen in both crude oil and natural gas has been phenomenal. It`s exciting to see the existing players that have been here for years and years in North Dakota continue to expand their system; we have new players coming in."
The State Pipeline Authority says when and if the Keystone XL Pipeline is constructed, it will transport as much as 100,000 barrels of North Dakota crude oil to markets in the midwest and the Gulf Coast. """ http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=55776
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