16th annual freight and logistics symposium : the new american energy revolution, a summary report.

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• Corporate Creators:
  University of Minnesota. Center for Transportation Studies
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Crude oil
  • Shale oil
  • Natural gas
  • Freight traffic
  • Logistics
  • Railroads
  • Cargo ships
  • Environmental impacts
• Resource Type:
  Other
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Minnesota. Center for Transportation Studies
• Abstract:
  Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, techniques have transformed ; shale deposits from marginal sources of hydrocarbon fuel into “global game changers” ; in the production of oil and natural gas, Robert Henry said—and the transformation ; is having a seismic impact on rail transport. ; The Bakken shale formation is one of the largest contiguous deposits of oil and ; natural gas in North America, occupying an area of about 200,000 square miles in ; parts of northwestern North Dakota, northeastern Montana, and southern Canada. ; Since 2008, when the use of modern fracking really took off, the Bakken formation ; has become one of the most active shale oil fields in the United States. Currently more ; than 7,500 active wells produce nearly 730,000 barrels of oil per day. At this rate, ; North Dakota—which earlier in 2012 surpassed Alaska and California in oil production— ; will soon overtake Texas for the number one spot, Henry said.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26484/dot_26484_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 412.98 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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