[North Dakota's] three-person Industrial Commission approved an order requiring Bakken crude to be conditioned before it is transported.
The order, to go into effect April 1, will limit Bakken to a vapor pressure of no more than 13.7 per square inch, 1 psi below the national standard of 14.7. It also requires that operators separate light hydrocarbons from the crude and prohibits blending light hydrocarbons back into the oil.There are rumors that some small Bakken CBR terminal operators are considering hiring NFL inspectors to check the pressure inside BNSF tank cars carrying Bakken crude oil.
This is about the same amount of pressure required in NFL footballs.
I assume Bill and Tom already know that most Bakken crude oil already has a vapor pressure less than 13.7 psi.
But, like Bill Clinton used to say, it's only illegal if you get caught.
I don't know if Bill Clinton really said that but if after President Obama implied he was in the lead helicopter that took out Osama bin Laden and lyin' Brian said he was in the lead helicopter that was shot down, I suppose one can say almost anything these days and get away with it.
What does it matter?
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Queen Of The Cake
Yesterday we stopped by our favorite grocery store, HEB's Central Market, here in the Southlake-Grapevine-DFW area, and happened to spy King Cake, also called Vitamin K in north Texas during Mardi Gras.
Our older daughter mentioned to the baker that she had never tasted King Cake before. The baker graciously gave each of us a sample. Delicious. Our 7-month-old granddaughter practically pulled my hand into her little mouth to get the entire sample in one bite.
Later that evening, completely coincidentally, our son-in-law brought home a King Cake.
It goes without saying that the 7-month-old knew what this was all about and was not going to settle for a sample this time.
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