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Crude oil is very expensive to ship by rail due to the very limited capacity (750 bbls) of a rail car. A relatively smaller refinery would need 200+ rail cars per day.
The oil pipeline will be built. No doubt about it.
The Bakken crude poses a unique problem in refining. Most refineries have been modified to process a continuing more viscus (thick) oil as the sweet crude became more scarce. I know some has been run as a test and it produced far too much "light ends" (gasses) for a refinery designed to process thick sour crude. Basically it requires less refining to obtain gasoline. It's not just thin but very very thin.
The oil pipeline will be built. No doubt about it.
The Bakken crude poses a unique problem in refining. Most refineries have been modified to process a continuing more viscus (thick) oil as the sweet crude became more scarce. I know some has been run as a test and it produced far too much "light ends" (gasses) for a refinery designed to process thick sour crude. Basically it requires less refining to obtain gasoline. It's not just thin but very very thin.
