The Bakken Update - December 24, 2014

December 24, 2014

Major waste handling firm invests in US shale plays Republic Services, a U.S.-based non-hazardous recycling and solid waste handler, has entered into an agreement with Tervita Corp. to acquire Tervita LLC, a company active in several U.S. shale plays. READ MORE SHARE
Wyoming Bakken pipeline route may add capacity Bakken oil producers looking to pipe crude to Guernsey, Wyoming, and then Cushing, Oklahoma, have been granted an extended opportunity. Two pipeline companies are considering gathering capacity additions the Wyoming system. READ MORE SHARE
	ND Dept of Health issues new oilfield waste proposals Public information sessions and hearings on the North Dakota Department of Health's proposed changes to industrial and oilfield special waste landfills have been scheduled for January 2015. READ MORE SHARE
Milestones to Mileposts: Signs of progress in western North Dakota 2014 created many memorable Bakken memories. These are just a few that the North Dakota Petroleum Council helped to produce. READ MORE SHARE
The Complexities of Crude Prices The evolving Bakken story has just added a new, utterly complex twist. Crude prices, economically advantageous for the shale oil industry in the past five years, have fallen. Few, if any, can predict when the price bottom will be reached. READ MORE SHARE
	Debating the Export Ban Lifting the export ban on U.S.-produced crude could be a major benefit to the U.S., or a huge mistake, depending on who you ask.Consensus favors lifting the ban but there's little talk or congressional action yet. READ MORE SHARE