Sand supplier, railroad to build ND terminal
The Canadian Pacific railroad and a sand supplier plan to build a new rail terminal to supply sand for oilfield fracking operations.
MAKOTI, N.D. (AP) — The Canadian Pacific railroad and a sand supplier plan to build a new rail terminal to supply sand for oilfield fracking operations.
Fracking is used to produce oil in western North Dakota's Bakken oil shale formation.
The process involves pumping water, sand and chemicals underground at high pressure to break up shale rock and allow the oil to flow.
The Canadian Pacific and Smart Sand Inc. of Pennsylvania announced Wednesday they are building a terminal near Makoti, about 40 miles southwest of Minot. They hope to have it finished early next year.
It will be used to unload sand shipped from Smart Sand's sand mine in southwestern Wisconsin, near Oakdale. Both the mine and the proposed Makoti terminal are on the Canadian Pacific rail line.
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