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Dakota Access Pipeline: What's at stake?

  • Tuesday, September 13, 2016
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Source: CNN | Holly Yan | September 8, 2016

It's a $3.7 billion project that would cross four states and change the landscape of the US crude oil supply.

 

And depending on who you ask, the results could be an economic boon that makes the country more self-sufficient or an environmental disaster that destroys sacred Native American sites.

 

This week, a judge is expected to rule on the future of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Here's what you need to know:

 

The 1,172-mile pipeline would stretch from the oil-rich Bakken Formation -- a vast underground deposit where Montana and North Dakota meet Canada -- southeast into South Dakota, Iowa and Illinois.
 
 
The oil potential in Bakken is massive. An estimated 7.4 billion barrels of undiscovered oil is believed to be in its US portion, according to the US Geological Survey.

 

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