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Dakota Access Pipeline: so long for now – court ruling forces shut down of major Bakken market conduit
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Report summary
A July 6th ruling from a D.C. district court judge has mandated the shut down of the Dakota Access pipeline – the most critical line in the Bakken crude egress system. The pipeline must be shut down and emptied while the US Army Corps of Engineers prepares an environmental impact report which may take upwards of a year. This means that one the Lower 48 regions hit the hardest during the current market downturn is instore for more malaise. In this report, we explore: -Regional pricing implications from the pipeline shutdown -Corporate and upstream impacts -Downstream implications and margin impact to DAPL-connected Midwest refiners
Table of contents
- History
- Market impacts
- Spare pipeline capacity?
- Corporate and upstream implications
- Downstream implications
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Bakken crude egress market share
- Bakken long-haul capacity vs. supply
- North Dakota crude loadings four-week average (kb/d)
- Dakota Access volumes (kb/d)
- Patoka Supply Chain
What's included
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