Application Note: Enhanced Web Access And Reporting With ClearSCADA

By Control Microsystems Inc.

The Williston Basin is a sedimentary basin centered near Williston, North Dakota, that spans major portions of North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Saskatchewan. This is a resourcerich area especially in agriculture, oil and natural gas.

Bitter Creek Pipelines, LLC operates in this region with over 1,900 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas. These pipelines interconnect with the Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company, Thunder Creek Gas Services LLC, Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC, Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Company, Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Inc. and Omimex Canada Ltd. This complex interconnection of pipelines offers wide access to numerous U.S. and Canadian markets and results in the need for effective data management and flexible control of natural gas gathering services.

Bitter Creek Pipelines, LLC (Bitter Creek) and Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Company (WBI) are both subsidiaries of the MDU Resources Group, and as such share a common objective in this application.

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