Close Menu
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    SweetCrudeReportsSweetCrudeReports
    Subscribe
    • Home
    • Oil
    • Gas
    • Power
    • Solid Minerals
    • Labour
    • Financing
    • Freight
    • Community Development
    • E-Editions
    SweetCrudeReportsSweetCrudeReports
    Home » North Dakota oil producers resist wholesale safety overhaul

    North Dakota oil producers resist wholesale safety overhaul

    September 24, 2014
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp

    A section of the BP Eastern Trough Area Project oil platform is seen in the North Sea, around 100 miles east of Aberdeen24 September 2014, News Wires – Hess Corp and other major North Dakota oil producers told the state’s top energy regulators on Tuesday that existing field practices used to prepare Bakken crude for rail transport are safe, and tighter standards could do more harm than good.

    The comments, at a special hearing of the North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC), came as federal, state and local officials grapple with how to ensure the safe transport of the state’s crude oil. The matter has come under increased scrutiny after a string of crude-by-rail explosions, including one last year in Quebec that killed 47 people.

    The NDIC asked companies, academics and others to testify about how regulatory changes could affect the safety of Bakken crude oil and producers’ costs. The NDIC has not set a timeline for any decisions.

    Oil producers laid out in detail the methods they say make the transport of North Dakota’s oil as safe as possible, and argued that stricter rules were not needed. No pipeline or rail companies signed up to testify at the hearing.

    “We believe Bakken crude oil is sufficiently prepared for transport in the field using conventional separation equipment already in place at well sites,” Brent Lohnes, director for field and plant operations at Hess, told the NDIC at a Bismarck hearing packed with 150 spectators.

    More than 1 million barrels of crude are extracted each day from shale formations underneath North Dakota, making it the nation’s second-largest oil producer after Texas.

    Most of the crude contains higher-than-average concentrations of ethane, propane and other combustible natural gas liquids (NGLs), which can be used to make a range of chemicals that are the building blocks for hundreds of consumer goods, including carpet, sneakers and tires. 

     

    – Reuters

    Related News

    Russia’s fuel export revenue in June fell 14% from last year, IEA says

    US OKs exchange with Exxon Mobil to aid Gulf Coast supplies

    NNPC to list on stock exchange in 2028, says Ojulari

    E-book
    Resilience Exhibition

    Latest News

    Taiwan’s CPC Corp eyes US shale gas assets, sources say

    July 12, 2025

    China sets its first renewable standards for steel, cement and polysilicon

    July 12, 2025

    Russia’s fuel export revenue in June fell 14% from last year, IEA says

    July 12, 2025

    US OKs exchange with Exxon Mobil to aid Gulf Coast supplies

    July 12, 2025

    NNPC to list on stock exchange in 2028, says Ojulari

    July 11, 2025
    Demo
    Facebook X (Twitter) Instagram
    • Opec Daily Basket
    • Oil
    • Power
    • Gas
    • Freight
    • Financing
    • Labour
    • Technology
    • Solid Mineral
    • Conferences/Seminars
    • Community Development
    • Nigerian Content Initiative
    • Niger-Delta Question
    • Insurance
    • Other News
    • Focus
    • Feedback
    • Hanging Out With Markson

    Subscribe for Updates

    Get the latest energy news from Sweetcrudereports.

    Please wait...
    Please enter all required fields Click to hide
    Correct invalid entries Click to hide
    © 2025 Sweetcrudereports.
    • About Us
    • Advertise with us
    • Privacy Policy

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.