Building the Long Way is Easier than Permitting the Short Way for Pipeline Routing

SUGAR LAND--October 31, 2014--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Market access for oil from the Bakken Shale is an ongoing issue as rail safety is questioned and pipeline build-outs take time. Getting that crude to the Gulf Coast refinery hub via Cushing, Oklahoma, is the goal, but there are no existing pipeline right-of-ways (ROWs) between North Dakota and Oklahoma. Within this article: Details of the Double H Pipeline by Hiland Partners, the Pony Express Pipeline (PXPL) by Tallgrass Energy Partners (NYSE:TEP), and the Bakken-to-Cushing pipeline by Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE:EPD).