Another New Pipeline Coming to Oklahoma

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  Joe Wertz was a reporter and managing editor for StateImpact Oklahoma from 2011-2019. He reported on energy and environment issues for national NPR audiences and other national outlets. He previously worked as a managing editor, assistant editor and staff reporter at several major Oklahoma newspapers and studied journalism at the University of Central Oklahoma.

Click here to see a map of the Bakken Crude Express pipeline, which will extend from North Dakota to Cushing, Okla.

Tulsa-based natural gas distributor ONEOK is entering the crude oil business.

The company on Monday announced plans to build a 1,300-mile pipeline from Bakken Shale play in North Dakota to the market hub in Cushing.

The Bakken Crude Express pipeline project will cost between $1.5 billion and $1.8 billion. Construction on the pipeline could start as early as late 2013 and end in early 2015, the company said in a statement.