North Dakota PCS Approves Two New Pipelines In Western North Dakota -- April 9, 2015

The Dickinson Press is reporting:

The North Dakota Public Service Commission on Wednesday approved siting permits for two pipelines in McKenzie County, one for oil and one for natural gas liquids.

Hiland Crude LLC received approval for a 12-inch diameter, 13-mile-long crude oil line in McKenzie County, which will parallel and interconnect with the company’s existing Market Center pipeline system, according to the PSC. It will increase the capacity of the system by 65,000 barrels per day. The $10.5 million project will transport oil from smaller gathering systems and truck facilities to other rail and pipeline destinations.

Should take a few more trucks off the road.

And this natural gas pipeline:

Commissioners also approved a permit for a 4.4-mile, 6-inch diameter NGL pipeline to transport gas liquids from the Hay Butte Gas Plant to ONEOK Partners’ Bakken NGL Pipeline. The $1.8 million pipeline, owned by Caliber Midstream Partners and located about 7 miles southwest of Alexander, has already been installed but was initially intended as a gathering line, which wouldn’t require PSC approval. But now as a transmission line planned to carry up to 21,000 bpd, it required the agency’s OK. 

There must be a fine, fine line between a gathering line and a transmission line. To the surface owner, it probably looks about the same: 4.4 miles long, 6-inch diameter, six feet under.