Challenge
A major international oil company needed a facility to accelerate transportation of crude oil.
Solution
A large crude oil collection point and rail loading terminal was built with sufficient track to receive a 108-unit train while loading another 108-unit train in under 12 hours.
Project
Crude Oil Transloading Facility
Location
North Dakota
Client
International Oil Company
Features
- Ability to load a train in under 12 hours
- Receives crude oil by truck or pipeline
- 34,500 lineal feet of railroad track
- 1.7 million cubic yards of excavation
- 69,500 cubic yards of gravel and ballast
- A 1,100-foot steel loadout building to cover the dual 108-unit loading platform
- Two 6.3-million-gallon crude oil storage tanks, plus space for two future tanks
- A three-track rail car maintenance building equipped with overhead crane, inspection pit, turntables and jacks
- Multiple on-site buildings including an operations facility, pump building and fire protection building
Services
- Feasibility studies
- Conceptual layout
- Environmental permitting
- Engineering
- Construction management