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Texas Crude Production Climbing, NatGas Down From Year-Ago Levels

Texas crude oil and natural gas production statistics continue to reflect producers’ preference for oil over less-lucrative natural gas... Read More

Bakken Sandpiper Pipeline Delayed a Year, Enbridge Says

A proposed pipeline project for moving swelling supplies of Bakken crude oil in North Dakota has hit a roadblock in neighboring Minnesota, causing its sponsor, Canadian-based Enbridge Energy Partners LP, to report Wednesday that the project will be delayed at least a year. Read More

U.S. Shale Revolution Supplanting Saudi, West African Oil Imports, IEA Finds

As global demand for oil slows, surging U.S. shale and light tight oil production is causing Saudi Arabian and West African crude oil exports to be diverted elsewhere... Read More

Large Oil Transfer Site Proposed for North Dakota

Plans for a major Bakken crude oil transfer facility in North Dakota were unveiled Tuesday as a privately bankrolled venture in conjunction with Canadian Pacific Railway (CP). Construction is expected to begin later this year, and initial storage and loading service are expected to start in the second half of 2015. Read More

Plains' Proposed Diamond Pipeline to Supply Crude to Valero Refinery

Plains All American Pipeline LP plans to build a pipeline to transport crude oil produced in the Permian Basin, Bakken Shale and the Midcontinent from its terminal in Oklahoma to a Valero Energy Corp. refinery in Memphis, TN. Read More

Crude Rail Buzz Continues to Pick Up in North Dakota

As industry players continue to expand their ability to move North Dakota's Bakken crude oil via rail, state officials on Monday were making final plans for a public hearing and eventual rulemaking regarding crude-by-rail shipments. Read More

New Federal Rules Pinpoint Crude Rail Shipments, White Paper Shows

Bakken crude oil rail shipments traverse 32 of North Dakota's 53 counties on a weekly basis, and some counties have up to 45 crude-bearing trains pass through their boundaries weekly, according to a white paper released Thursday by an analyst at Genscape, the commodity and energy markets data gathering firm. Read More

Calumet Acquires Specialty Oilfield Solutions for $30M

Calumet Specialty Products LP said it has acquired substantially all of the assets of one of its competitors, privately-held Specialty Oilfield Solutions Ltd. (SOS), in a cash deal valued at $30 million. Read More

Final Bakken Crude Study: No Different Than Other Oil

A final third-party report on the characteristics of light, sweet oil from the Bakken/Three Forks region again shows that the supplies from North Dakota are not more volatile or flammable than other crude oils. Read More

Gas Patch-Focused GTL Demonstration Planned for Houston

A trio of companies has agreed to pursue a gas-to-liquids (GTL) demonstration project in Houston with the goal of bringing the technology to the gas patch, where stranded wells could be enlisted to produce synthetic crude oil Read More