New N.D. refinery planned: Dickinson refinery could be producing diesel from Bakken crude oil as soon as 2014

A diesel refinery near Dickinson could be operational as soon as late 2014, processing 20,000 barrels of Bakken crude oil per day and helping meet the state’s demand for diesel, officials announced Thursday. MDU Resources Group announced that Dakota Prairie Refining, a partnership with Calumet Specialty Products Partners, will be under construction as early as April four miles west of Dickinson south of Interstate 94.

By: By Amy Dalrymple and Bryan Horwath, Forum News Service, The Jamestown Sun