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NDPC study finds Bakken crude similar to other light sweet crudes, no greater rail transport risk

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Bakken crude is similar to other North American light, sweet crudes and does not pose a greater risk to transport by rail than other transportation fuels, according to a study recently completed by Turner, Mason & Company for the North Dakota Petroleum Council (NDPC). The data indicated no significant changes in transit.

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Enbridge to undertake $7B pipeline replacement program; from Alberta to Wisconsin

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billion replacement program for its Line 3 pipeline running between Neche, North Dakota, and Enbridge’s existing Superior Station and Terminal Facility in Superior, Wisconsin. Decommissioning refers to the permanent cessation of operation, such that the cessation does not result in the discontinuance of service to end-users.

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MSU-led regional team awarded $6M NSF grant to research biofuel, carbon capture technologies

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The Upper Missouri River Basin refers to the Missouri River and all its tributaries upstream of Sioux City, Iowa. The basin contains parts or most of five states—Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska—and more than 20 Indian reservations.

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Nebraska provides TransCanada with map identifying Sandhills Regions to be avoided in designing alternative route for Keystone XL pipeline

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NDEQ is conveying this to TransCanada for reference as the company develops a proposed new route for the Nebraska portion of the Keystone XL pipeline. TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL project is designed to carry oil from Canada across Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

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$67 Oil Has All The Majors Converging in Argentina

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Drilling activity has continued to grow, but high costs and infrastructure constraints have prevented production levels from rocketing skywards as they did in places like Texas or North Dakota. We are doing this to sustain activity and employment,” said Argentina’s labor minister, Jorge Triaca, referring to artificially high prices.

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DOE-Sponsored Field Test Demonstrates Viability of Simultaneous CO2 Storage and Enhanced Oil Recovery in Carbonate Reservoirs

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The percentage of oil in the produced fluid, commonly referred to as the oil cut, also increased, more than doubling from less than 3% to 6%. Production more than doubled over the course of a 3-month period, increasing from a baseline rate of 1.5 stock tank barrels (STB) per day to 3-7 STB per day.

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Details on how Enbridge will expand capacity of Alberta Clipper oil sands crude pipeline without US review

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Hence, in a 16 June 2014 letter to the State Department, law firm Steptoe & Johnson explained that: … shipper needs dictate that the annual average capacity of Line 67 in the United States be increased up to 570,000 bpd by mid-2014 (referred to as “Phase I”), and up to 800,000 bpd by mid-2015 (referred to as “Phase II”).

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