BNSF Opens Rail Yard East of Minot -- First New Facility in BNSF System In Quite Some Time -- $30 Million -- Bakken Impact

Link here.

Data points:

• Gavin Yard, east of Minot
• in Minot, not Williston
• first new BNSF facility in quite some time
• $30 million project
• has now opened
• new car shop and two (2) 9,200-foot inspection tracks

And,

"This is the first new facility we've built on our entire system in a long time. It just goes to show how much activity and how much potential there is in this part of the world," said Roger Nober, BNSF executive vice president from Fort Worth, Texas, where BNSF has its headquarters.

Nober said BNSF expects activity in this area will ramp up even more than it is now.

Another indication that the Bakken boom is having effect/impact outside of Williston.

Bakken East of Minot? -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

I have a hunch that by the end of 2013, we will hear that there is significant recoverable oil east of Minot. And significantly east of Minot.

I can't post more at this time, but I want to lay down the date-time stamp if this turns out to be accurate.