RBN Energy: Overview of Crude-By-Rail In The Bakken

Note: wells coming off confidential list have been posted. Several very, very good wells, including a very nice GMXR well.

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Wow, this RBN link below is awesome. Maybe the best link of the day, so far.

RBN Energy:

The first episode in this series provided an introduction and overview of the “Year of the Tank Car." 

We described the rapid growth in US crude oil production that pressured pipeline logistics and made rail a viable alternative for taking crude to market. The second installment (see Crude Loves Rocking Rail – The Bakken Terminals) began a detailed survey of rail loading terminals with a map and a complete list of facilities in North Dakota. In this episode we begin a more detailed review of the Bakken terminals.

Readers will find it useful to refer back to the map in the previous blog to see where these terminals are located as well as a terminal listing by name and location. We start our survey with two of the largest Bakken oil producers that have built their own crude loading facilities and the COLT merchant terminal facility recently purchased by Inergy from Rangeland Energy.

The linked article has maps and graphics; another great RBN post.

This first-in-the-series detailing the various CBR terminals in North Dakota:

The first three terminals detailed in this blog are among the largest and between them can load 250 Mb/d of crude onto rail cars - about 32 percent of the latest December 2012 total crude production estimate for North Dakota of 770 Mb/d. The three terminals are all located on the BNSF rail system, giving them access to East, West and Gulf Coast destination terminals. The current favored destination for EOG and Hess is St. James, LA. 

RBN Energy will continue the series.