Posted on 03/27/2017 5:32:33 PM PDT by mdittmar
The Dakota Access pipeline developer said Monday that it has placed oil in the pipeline under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota and that it's preparing to put the pipeline into service.
Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners made the announcement in a brief court filing with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The announcement marks a significant development in the long battle over the project that will move North Dakota oil 2000 miles (1930 kilometers) through South Dakota and Iowa to a shipping point in Illinois. The pipeline is three months behind schedule due to large protests and the objections of two American Indian tribes who say it threatens their water supply and cultural sites.
ETP's filing did not say when the company expected the pipeline to be completely operating, and a spokeswoman did not immediately return an email seeking additional details.
"Oil has been placed in the Dakota Access Pipeline underneath Lake Oahe. Dakota Access is currently commissioning the full pipeline and is preparing to place the pipeline into service," the filing stated.
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2000 miles (1930 kilometers)
Huh???
Kilometers were longer back in 1930. They were devalued after WWII.
Fake news sold to an ignorant public.
I second that, “Huh???”
The batteries are weak in someone’s calculator.
2000 miles (1930 kilometers)
Huh???
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I read that the total length is 2000 miles with 1930 kilometers being
through South Dakota and Iowa to it’s final destination in Illinois.
Who knows.
Poor fact checking. As per wiki
The Dakota Access Pipeline or Bakken pipeline is a 1,172-mile-long (1,886 km) underground oil pipeline project in the United States. The route begins in the Bakken shale oil fields in northwest North Dakota and travels in a more or less straight line south-east, through South Dakota and Iowa, terminating at the oil tank farm near Patoka, Illinois.
The tech info says Length 1,134 mi (1,825 km)
New math?
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