Niobrara Economics

摘要

Gathering infrastructure and transportation to take petroleum products to market is critical in any developing play. Colorado and Wyoming's Niobrara, an old play that has been renewed by technological advancements and favorable economics, is unlikely to host many major greenfield infrastructure projects, because there are existing facilities in the area. But some regional infrastructure will be needed. Several pipelines traverse the Niobrara play, but only one is a major oil system. In the Denver-Julesburg Basin, SemGroup Inc.'s 526-mile, 12-inch-diameter White Cliffs pipeline provides about 30,000 barrels of oil take-away from the area into the oil hub at Cushing, Oklahoma. The pipeline is expandable to 50,000 barrels per day.