Dakota Access Pipeline
The Dakota Access Pipeline, known as DAPL, is a crude oil pipeline running 1,172 miles from the Bakken oil fields of western North Dakota to an oil terminal near Patoka, Illinois. [1] The construction of DAPL caused major controversy and protests around the nation, but centered at the Sacred Stone Camp where the Cannonball River meets the Missouri River in the Standing Rock Reservation. [2] DAPL was built by Energy Transfer Partners and has been operational since 2017, with a maximum capacity to transport 750,000 barrels of crude oil per day. [3] The pipeline route crosses under the Missouri River, Mississippi River and Lake Oahe in South Dakota. Energy Transfer Partners continues to operate the pipeline despite not yet completing a full Environmental Impact Statement necessary to receive a permit to cross Lake Oahe [4]
Sources
- ↑ https://uh.edu/uh-energy/research/white-papers/white-papers-files/uhe-white-paper-series-oil-pipeline-1.3.22.pdf
- ↑ https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2016/09/03/why-the-founder-of-standing-rock-sioux-camp-cant-forget-the-whitestone-massacre
- ↑ https://daplpipelinefacts.com/
- ↑ https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2017/10/dakota-access-pipeline/