The handling of the crude oil will be carried at Rangeland’s crude oil loading terminal (COLT).
Known as the COLT Hub and the COLT Connector, the terminal and pipeline facilities are expected to be in service by the first quarter of 2012.
COLT will provide producers, marketers and refiners with the first open-access crude oil marketing hub in North Dakota.
The COLT hub includes five 120,000-barrel storage tanks, an eight-bay truck station and two 8,700ft rail loops, and large 120 car unit trains capable of moving more than 80,000 barrels per day by rail.
Rangeland also provides pipeline services into and out of the Hub through its COLT Connector which is a 21-mile, 10-inch, bidirectional pipeline.
The pipeline will connect the COLT Hub to the Beaver Lodge/Ramberg junction and will be capable of transporting an additional 70,000 barrels per day.
Furthermore, Rangeland is building an additional 120,000-barrel storage tank at Ramberg to facilitate these movements.
