Recently there has been a spate of pipeline tariff filings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission concerning crude oil quality specifications for Bakken crude in North Dakota. While the immediate disagreement between pipeline company Enbridge and shipper Plains Marketing appears to have been resolved, it has highlighted an issue which has not received much attention until now. Today we detail the concerns.



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