Bakken Crude Oil Receiving Terminal Proposed For Washington State -- Expand An Existing Facilty -- November 26, 2016

From OregonLive: company wants to expand existing methanol facility in Washington State to receive up to almost 18 million bbls/year; data points:

• terminal in small city of Hoquiam, Washington
• existing methanol facility
• operated by Contanda (this is new name; originally: Westway Terminal)
• 17.8 million bbls oil/year
• storage: up to 1 million bbls of crude oil
• Bakken oil or diluted bitumen from Alberta
• from Hoquiam, would be transferred to ocean-going tankers/barges to refineries in the Puget Sound area or California
• local groups oppose
• permit originally issued in 2013
• appeal: permit rescinded
• process began again in 2014

Hope springs eternal.

A typical unit train carries around 85,000 bbls of crude oil. Eighteen million bbls / 85,000 bbls = 210 unit trains, or close to one unit train daily, Monday through Friday.

Huge thanks to a reader for sending me the link. I would have missed it.