Replies to post #5230 on The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[OakesCS]

As long as pipelines are blocked - yup. The one good thing for now is that I suspect rail contracts are probably relatively cheap. If obama loses, then the restrictions on coal will also vaporize which will drive up the cost of rail transport. So pipelines are very important to the Bakken. With a good pipeline network, then Bakken producers can get the proper bang from their relatively high quality crude.

[OakesCS]

As long as pipelines are blocked - yup. The one good thing for now is that I suspect rail contracts are probably relatively cheap. If obama loses, then the restrictions on coal will also vaporize which will drive up the cost of rail transport. So pipelines are very important to the Bakken. With a good pipeline network, then Bakken producers can get the proper bang from their relatively high quality crude.