The answer I was looking for is apparently about $15/bbl. So after trucking costs to get it to a rail facility and the rail costs, about $19-23/bbl depending on how far they truck it. RMOJ has ND sweet yesterday at 87.50 so a royalty check on railed oil would be about $67. Article in Bismarck Tribune on pipeline and rail oil transport bottlenecks is at: http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2008/10/01/news/local/165774.txt
On Sep 27, 4:45 am, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suspect crude can move on a train at an actual cost per mile of 50% > of the price of a truck, perhaps less, but the tricky part is the cost > of getting the crude TO and ON TO the train, as the crude has to be > loaded onto a truck to get to a train, then offloaded at the train, > and allthis repeated again at the destination, unless the railroad can > take its tank cars right into the refinery property for unloading > directly. > > On Sep 26, 9:38 pm, bradaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Bakkenresources.com has a news post from the Oil Patch Hotline about > > ND Port Services trucking oil to a Minot terminal. Didn't see anything > > from the Minot Daily, Williston Herald or Bismarck Tribune. It > > mentioned having 50-60 trucks running by the end of the month, 150 by > > the end of November and 250 in December. Anybody else heard anything > > about this outfit? > > Between Stampede, Ryder and this railroad loading, it could tide the > > production over until the pipelines are able to handle the load. But > > does anyone have info on what the transportation costs are using > > trucks and railroad. I remember a post that said that pipeline costs > > are about $3/bbl and trucking is about $6/bbl, but assume that is > > trucking to a pipeline.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bakken Shale Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bakken-shale-discussion?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
