Project Profile
Value: US$3.78 billion
Capacity: 520,000 bpd (initially planned 470,000 bpd)
Location: North Dakota - Patoka, Illinois
Length:1,886-km
Diameter: 30-inch
Start-up: delayed until 2017
The Dakota Access Pipeline Project is a new approximate 1,172-mile, 30-inch diameter pipeline that will connect the rapidly expanding Bakken and Three Forks production areas in North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois. The pipeline route starts in Stanley, North Dakota, and travels in a southeastward direction to end at the oil tank farm near Patoka, Illinois. It crosses 50 counties in four states. Operators state that the creation of the pipeline will enable domestically produced light sweet crude oil from North Dakota to reach major refining markets in a more direct, cost-effective, safer and environmentally responsible manner. The pipeline will also reduce the current use of rail and truck transportation to move Bakken crude oil to major U.S. markets to support domestic demand. It will transport approximately 470,000 barrels per day with a capacity as high as 570,000 barrels per day or more – which could represent approximately half of Bakken current daily crude oil production.
Operators:
Energy Transfer Partners
Marathon Petroleum Corporation
Sunoco Logistics Partners
Phillips 66