(Source: Williston Herald, April 28, 2020)
WILLISTON, N.D. — Bakken crude oil is not more volatile than other oils, so says the Department of Energy in a report it submitted to Congress on Tuesday, April 28. The Department of Energy had commissioned a study to investigate the properties of Bakken crude oil as compared to other oils with Sandia National Laboratories after the state of Washington passed a law requiring crude oil unloaded in that state to meet a 9 psi Reid Vapor Pressure, which would effectively block the Pacific Northwest as a destination for Bakken crude.
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