Friday, February 20, 2015

The Choice Of Crude Oil Hauling North Dakota

By Olivia Cross


Improvised means of oil moving in North Dakota is on high demand. An increased level of the oil extraction in the current period has been mainly from Advancement in the levels of technology. Different means are used to cater for the high production requirements to get the oil to refineries is catered by the use of many means. After it gets refined, crude oil hauling North Dakota then ensures the distribution of these gold to many customers miles away.

A number of different means are used in the transportation. The major methods include the use of; pipelines, trucks, rails and sometimes the barges. This takes place only on the land and across the water since crude oil is a heavy product and therefore cannot be hauled by air means. Rails, pipelines and trucks are the most commonly used on land. Shipping across the water is done by the use of the barges and tankers.

Oil barrels are produced every day in millions of quantity and are kept awaiting the shipment. Shipment to the different locations of the refineries is done by storing the oil in huge tanks. Commonly known as floating roof tanks. The tanks are well designed to hold the oil both before and during the transportation. They facilitate the safe movement to with the various means.

The customers receive the refined products and refineries receive from the fields the extracted oil by pipeline use. Oil is taken to facilities of gathering and processing, and then moved to refineries and the tanker loading amenities after processing is done. Wellhead Oil is moved to some storage tanks and treating facilities for testing and measurements, then pumped back to pipeline from a pump station.

The design of the pipeline is in a way that along their route there are collection and delivery points. The delivery points are Refineries and shipping terminals. To keep it flowing, pumps are adopted to maintain the pressure along the routes. With different schedules of operations, different types of the crude oils are handled on the same pipeline.

Construction of pipeline under the water is associated with high costs and thus are commonly used only on the land. Apart from the costly process and the long time used in laying of these pipes, it is considered to have the lowest cost of transportation. This method requires very little human interaction when no damage has occurred requiring some repair on the pipe.

Transportation on the roads is done by use of large trucks. Trucks can move everywhere and therefore are effective. However, they are only used for small distances due to their low holding capacities. Shipping of low volumes on long distances is more expensive. Hence, the trucks are only used for short distances.

The use of rails is the most modes commonly used in crude oil hauling in North Dakota. Trains are able to carry large volume over very long distances. Oil movement across the water is facilitated by using barrels and the tankers. It is preferred because of its flexibility.




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