Another Crude-By-Rail Loading Facility

Another crude-by-rail loading facility: this time in Berthold, west of Minot, from the Oil Patch Dispatch.

Fourteen months ago, the general manager of the Berthold Farmers Elevator worried how he would keep everyone on the payroll during such a wet season.

Today, as a result of two partnerships with the oil industry, the elevator is poised to nearly double its revenue and add up to 40 new workers. [More new jobs than the entire US netted in the most recent reporting period?]

The most significant collaboration is an Enbridge Pipelines expansion that includes a railcar loading facility that will be operated by elevator employees.

“It’s going to be a big deal for us,” said Dan DeRouchey, who manages elevators in the towns of Berthold and Carpio, which are about 25 miles northwest of Minot.

Much more at the link, including earlier success with using facility to unload fracking sand.

The Bismarck Tribune also reported this story.