Canadian Pacific CBR At Van Hook, North Dakota -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Updates

Dickinson Press story here. Data points:

Pasadena, Texas-based U.S. Development Group LLC is building the terminal near the ghost town of Van Hook, about a dozen miles south of New Town in southern Mountrail County.

Canadian Pacific has been moving small shipments of crude from the facility since last month.

U.S. Development Group spokeswoman Meg Martin said the facility is slated for completion this summer and will have the capacity to load 30 unit trains per month. The mile-long unit trains typically consist of up to 104 railcars, with each car containing about 650 barrels of crude.

The company said the terminal’s initial capacity is about 35,000 gallons daily, or about half the capacity of a typical unit train.

Canadian Pacific is the only railroad using the facility and most of the shipments will be bound for U.S. Development’s terminal in St. James, La., some 1,800 miles away.

Original Post

Canadian Pacific expands Bakken crude-by-rail origination capability on North Dakota network: The Van Hook, North Dakota, facility, to be developed by U.S. Development Group, will handle crude oil and related products from the Bakken formation and will have initial capacity to handle up to 35,000 barrels per day at eight automated truck-unloading positions.

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