BakkenLink Oil Pipeline

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BakkenLink Oil Pipeline is an operating oil pipeline system in the United States.

Location

The pipeline system originates at various reception spots in Billings, McKenzie, Stark, and Williams Counties, North Dakota, and terminate in Fryburg, North Dakota at a crude oil rail loading facility.

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Project Details

• Operator: BakkenLink Pipeline LLC
• Owner: BakkenLink Pipeline LLC
• Parent company: MPLX LP
• Capacity: 85,000 barrels per day
• Length: 132 miles
• Diameter: 8, 12 inches
• Status: Operating
• Start year: 2013

BakkenLink Pipeline LLC was originally owned by Andeavor Logistics, which was acquired by MPLX LP in 2018.

Background

The BakkenLink pipeline consists of 132 miles of 8-inch and 12-inch steel crude oil pipeline in North Dakota. It was proposed in anticipation of forecasted constraints arising from increasing oil production the state.

In 2013, BakkenLink completed construction and commissioning on the portion of the pipeline system extending from Dry Creek to Fryburg at a cost of $100 million.

The Environmental Assessment for the BakkenLink Dry Creek to Beaver Lodge Pipeline Project, released in April 2016, concluded that an Environmental Impact Statement is not required on the project because the easement for the pipeline "would not constitute a major federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the human environment."