Ispolkom
Engineer
Which pipeline do you mean? There are a whole bunch of projects in the works. Two apparently fell apart, but two new were proposed. It's all a matter of getting guaranteed shipments set up to get financing to build the pipes. Well, that and getting approval for your route. My bet for first finished is the Sandpiper project, though the Minnesota PUC is unhappy about its route.I thought they were not going to do the pipeline? Did something changed?By 2016, not only will BNSF's improvements be coming to fruition, but new pipelines will start coming on line, removing oil traffic from the Hi Line.My BNSF contacts say realistically that 2016 is when things "could" get back to where they should be able to consider looking at the old schedule again.
As far as I know, mature oil fields generally don't use rail, because pipelines or water transport are so much cheaper.