At the end of August, 2014, Tempe, AZ-based Quantum Energy, Inc. secured two refinery sites to serve the Bakken. The refineries are part of a proposed five refinery plan the company has for the area. One of the refineries will be located in Richland County, MT, near Fairview and is accessible to the Northstar Transload currently under construction in North Dakota. The other refinery will be located in Baker, MT.
“Each of our proposed Energy Centers will produce 7,000 b/d of diesel fuel to be sold into a local market that has a demand for 75,000 b/d in the western North Dakota and eastern Montana markets. The 14,000 b/d that these two Energy Centers will produce are easily absorbed in the ever expanding Bakken region.”