Crude-By-Rail Facilitiy in Southwest North Dakota Expanding (Dickinson)

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March 15, 2013: Reuters video. Sent in by reader. A must-watch.

Original Post

While traveling yesterday, Don alerted me to this great story, about the Dickinson crude-by-rail facility expanding.

There are two reasons why this article excited me. First, the expansion itself; an incredible story. Second, the article states there are sixteen crude-by-rail facilities in North Dakota; that matches what I have in my list linked at the sidebar at the right, under "Top Ten Lists."

Bakken Oil Express Terminal Manager, Chris Lewis, says "we are at train 150, just shipped out this morning."

Here at Bakken Oil Express west of Dickinson, 150 trucks a day are hauling in black gold from western North Dakota's oil patch.

They bring in about 60,000 barrels of oil a day. 

It takes 58 minutes to fill each car -- the loading facility can load 12 cars at a time and fill an entire train with 104 tanks in less than 14 hours.

Lewis says, "BOE's roughly shipped already 10 million Barrels of oil out of ND. 

Bakken Oil Express loaded it's first rail car in November, and has been expanding ever since.

Two additional storage tanks that can hold 105,000 barrels of oil are under construction.

Lewis is looking to double his staff, allowing the facility to run 24 hours a day.

"We'll be the #1 shipper I'm sure," says Lewis.

Go to the link for the full story. Links to regional stories seem to break early and break often.