ONEOK drops planned oil line project

Courtesy - This map depicts four major pipelines from ONEOK Partners. The Bakken Crude Express Pipeline will no longer be built.

TORRINGTON – A planned second major pipeline project going through Wyoming’s eastern edge won’t materialize in the next couple years.

Tulsa, Okla.-based natural gas distributor ONEOK Partners announced on Tuesday it has elected not to construct the Bakken Crude Express Pipeline, which would have been a 1,300-mile, crude-oil pipeline capable of transporting 200,000 barrels per day from North Dakota to Cushing, Okla.

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