Bakken Oil: "The pipeline will carry more than twice as much North Dakota oil as the Keystone XL.."

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http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/content/sandpiper-pipeline-approved-public-service-commission

Sandpiper pipeline approved by Public Service Commission
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A new pipeline will do the work of 4,300 trucks daily in transporting oil to and from North Dakota, Public Service Commission Chairman Brian Kalk said Wednesday.

Starting at the Beaver Lodge oil and gas field near Tioga, the Enbridge pipeline will extend through Williams, Mountrail, Ward, McHenry, Pierce, Towner, Ramsey, Nelson and Grand Forks counties. It will then stretch through to a terminal in Clearbrook, Minn., and end at a terminal in Superior, Wis.

A representative from Callaway, Minn.,-based conservation group Honor the Earth called the decision “extremely disappointing.” The group has said the pipeline will harm rivers, lakes and state rice beds.

Regulatory boards in Wisconsin and Minnesota have not yet decided the pipeline route’s legality, nor have federal regulators given the final green light.
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(The pipeline) will carry more than twice as much North Dakota oil as the Keystone XL would, and has capacity to be upgraded significantly,” Public Service Commissioner Randy Christmann said. “This is a major step forward in moving oil in the safest and most efficient way possible.”

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According to the commission, Enbridge has an emergency response plan,....