North Dakota crude-by-rail facility to open in September
Written by jrood
The Lario Logistics LLC subsidiary, Bakken Oil Express LLC, will complete in September The Bakken Oil Express Rail Hub, the first multiple shipper unit train loading operation in North Dakota. Lario acquired the facility, then owned by EDOG Logistics, in the 4th quarter of 2010 and has managed the accelerated development of the expanded facilities, which will receive crude oil via pipelines and trucks for the loading of unit trains for further transportation to out of state markets. Bakken Oil Express is located west of Dickinson, N.D., on the BNSF mainline within the Three Forks shale oil play and in close proximity to pipelines originating from the heart of the Bakken shale oil play. In September, 2011, the BOE Rail Hub will be connected to an existing regional oil pipeline and will accept first truck deliveries. At startup, BOE facilities will include two rail loops, each approximately 8,000 ft. long, 210,000 barrels of tankage and a "Truck Center" with six independent bays and room for expansion. Initial take away capacity will be more than 100,000 BOPD. With this large capacity and plans in place to add additional loops, tanks, rail loading racks and pipeline connections, throughput can be expanded to more than 250,000 BOPD.
