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Feds: Proposed pipeline rules could have prevented accidents

October 02, 2015 2:00 pm  •  By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press (0) Comments

BILLINGS, Mont. — New federal rules proposed for pipelines that carry oil and other hazardous liquids could have prevented more than 200 accidents since 2010, … Continue reading

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Alpha Natural Resources plans new LNG plant in Wyoming

September 22, 2014 PennEnergy

Alpha Natural Resources plans to build a liquefied natural gas plant in Wyoming. The company said the Plum Energy plant, which will operate near Gillette, Wyoming, and the Eagle Butte Mine, will help provide fuel for … Continue reading

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Enterprise to Hold Season for Proposed Bakken-to-Cushing Crude Oil Pipeline

Houston, Texas (Thursday, September 4, 2014) — Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD) today announced the start of a binding open commitment period to determine shipper demand for capacity on a proposed new pipeline that would originate in the Williston Basin … Continue reading

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Eighty-Eight Oil, Gov. Matt Mead mark opening of new oil-to-rail facility in Fort Laramie

Casper Star Tribune – April 15, 2014

That sound you hear coming down the tracks is Wyoming’s growing oil industry.

Business leaders and Gov. Matt Mead celebrated the opening of Eighty-Eight Oil LLC’s new transloading facility on Tuesday in Fort … Continue reading

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Companies propose gas plant near Douglas, Wyoming

October 25, 2013-

DOUGLAS, Wyo. (AP) — Two companies aim to build a gas processing plant near Douglas that would reduce the need for flaring from oil wells in that east-central area of Wyoming.

The Casper Star-Tribune reported Friday that the … Continue reading

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Inergy Midstream and Enserco Midstream Announce Crude Oil Rail Terminal Joint Venture

KANSAS CITY, Mo. & HOUSTON, Sep 04, 2013 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Inergy Midstream, L.P. (“Inergy Midstream”) and Enserco Midstream, LLC (“Enserco Midstream”) announced today that they have formed a joint venture to own and operate a crude oil rail terminal … Continue reading

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Tallgrass Energy’s Pony Express Conversion

Pipeline & Gas Journal – May 2013

Work is set to start this summer on Tallgrass Energy Partners’ Pony Express Pipeline expansion. The pipeline will be comprised of a converted portion of an existing natural gas pipeline and new construction.

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Casper crude-to-rail link gets permits, readies construction

Casper Star Tribune – Oct 5, 2013

Rich Fairservis drove a sport-utility vehicle along a bumpy, circular road in a sea of dirt and sagebrush.

“We’ve got about 100,000 yards of dirt to move,” he said. “We have to get … Continue reading

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Another oil transfer station bound for Converse County

Casper Star Tribune–July 04, 2013

DOUGLAS — A Bakersfield, Calif.-based oil transportation company is building a delivery station near Douglas where up to 4,000 barrels of crude a day will be unloaded from semi trucks and injected into a Sinclair … Continue reading

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Oil-to-rail facility aimed for heart of Wyoming coal country

Casper Star Tribune–May 18, 2013

A Colorado company last week added its name to a growing list of companies building crude oil rail loading facilities in Wyoming, but company officials say their project has a leg up on the rest.

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