Political Opposition Threatens Plans to Bring Bakken Crude to West Coast

DENVER, COLORADO--October 13, 2014--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Stiff political opposition to a proposed crude-oil rail transshipping facility at the Port of Vancouver, Washington, could delay or kill an important project that plans to bring Williston Basin crude oil to West Coast refineries, an official with the Port of Vancouver told the 5th Annual Bakken & Three Forks Summit earlier this month in Denver.

Within this article: Details on the Port of Vancouver Crude Oil Rail Terminal, and statements from officials at the conference on how it could proceed.

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