Dakota Access LLC and Energy Transfer Crude Oil Co. LLC (ETCO), units of Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP), have launched a binding supplemental open season to solicit shipper commitments for transportation service for Bakken-Three Forks production to reach multiple markets through their respective pipeline systems.
Dakota Access and ETCO, the entities responsible for developing, owning, and operating the Bakken pipeline, each anticipate that incremental transport capacity for Bakken-Three Forks production will be determined based on committed subscriptions made by shippers during the supplemental open season, which commenced on Mar. 29.
The supplemental open season includes local tariff service on the Dakota Access pipeline from Bakken-Three Forks to Patoka, Ill. It also provides interested parties with the opportunity for joint tariff service from Bakken-Three Forks to Nederland, Tex., through a commitment to both the Dakota Access and ETCO pipeline systems.
ETP early in February received from the US Army Corps of Engineers the final easement necessary to complete the Dakota Access project (OGJ Online, Feb. 9, 2017).