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:
  Cargo Ships Crude Oil Environmental Impacts Freight Traffic Logistics Natural Gas Railroads Shale Oil
• Resource Type:
  Other
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Minnesota. Center for Transportation Studies
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-FREIGHT-FREIGHT ; NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
• 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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