Another Pipeline Proposed

Four public meetings have been held across eastern South Dakota by backers of a proposed crude oil pipeline.

The Dakota Access pipe from run from the Bakken oilfields in North Dakota, across South Dakota and Iowa to refineries in Illinois.


Pipeline to boost farmers, Iowa

Here in Iowa we take great pride in the fact that our farmers’ hard work fuels not just the region, but the nation as a whole. For generations, farming has been a way of life characterized by hard work, good stewardship and the satisfaction that comes from cultivating the land to feed your family and the world. Our farmers’ hard work provides us with one of the nation’s must robust economies, but we must maintain a clear view of both the opportunities and obstacles that will weigh on our future.
Among those factors is our nation’s increasing energy development, and the transportation infrastructure upon which our region relies to get products to market. At recent IUB meetings concerning the Dakota Access Pipeline, it is clear how the two are closely intertwined.


Dakota Access pipeline means jobs

I thought I would weigh in on the public discussion of the Dakota Access pipeline to point out what this project means for the region’s economy.

Jobs and economic growth are not where we need them to be. This recovery has been excruciatingly slow, and this pipeline is exactly the kind of private-sector, market-driven development we need to get the economy moving again.


Oil pipeline team will respect SD land

The Dakota Access pipeline has made the news for the project’s impact on our state and also for the questions about the project. I had an opportunity to work with members of the Dakota Access pipeline team and I am very appreciative of their concerns for our environment and for our land.

I am a landowner, and had questions about the easement process and how my land would be treated. After conversations with the land staff, my questions have been answered. These individuals showed me the great deal of care they will show towards my land and my livelihood.


Appreciation for pipeline team

The Dakota Access Pipeline has made the news for the project’s impact on our state and also for the questions about the project. I had an opportunity to work with members of Dakota Access Pipeline team and I am very appreciative of their concerns for our environment and for our land.

I am a landowner, and had questions about the easement process and how my land would be treated. After conversations with the land staff, my questions have been answered. These individuals showed me the great deal of care they will show towards my land and my livelihood.


South Dakota residents question proposed Dakota Access oil

In a town of about 250, roughly 100 people gathered inside Iroquois gym to hear why a Texas-based company which should build the 1,134 mile Dakota Access pipeline through farmland.

Energy Transfer Partners plans to use the pipeline move crude oil from the Bakken oil formation in North Dakota to southern Illinois pipeline hub. The crude oil would then be shipped to be refined elsewhere in the U.S.


PUC Holds Public Meetings On Pipeline

The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission wants to know what you think of a pipeline that would bring North Dakota oil through eastern South Dakota on its way to Illinois.

The PUC is following the proposed path of the Dakota Access pipeline and is stopping in communities along the route. It held meetings in Bowdle and Redfield Wednesday. Commissioners will stop in Iroquois and Sioux Falls Thursday.


Texas company applies for pipeline permit

A Texas company has formally asked the Iowa Utilities Board to approve plans for run an underground oil pipeline through Iowa.

The Des Moines Register reports Tuesday (http://dmreg.co/1EnU3Qt ) that Dakota Access, LLC, a unit of Energy Transfer Partners, has filed an application with the state. The company wants to construct an underground pipeline that would cut through 18 Iowa counties.


Texas company applies for pipeline permit

A Texas company has formally asked the Iowa Utilities Board to approve plans for run an underground oil pipeline through Iowa.

The Des Moines Register reports Tuesday (http://dmreg.co/1EnU3Qt ) that Dakota Access, LLC, a unit of Energy Transfer Partners, has filed an application with the state. The company wants to construct an underground pipeline that would cut through 18 Iowa counties.