Dual Class I-served oil terminal to double capacity by late 2026
12/10/2025
By Jeff Stagl, Managing Editor
The Uinta Basin in northeastern Utah is a large geological region with rich crude oil and natural gas deposits. And demand for the basin’s oil is increasing.
To that end, oil exploration and production company FourPoint Resources LLC recently committed to secure 50,000 barrels of oil per day from the Price River Terminal in Wellington, Utah, to meet its needs. Served by BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Railroad, the crude-by-rail terminal is the only energy transload facility in eastern Utah.
But the terminal currently can only handle 70,000 barrels per day. That’s why FourPoint Resources has forged an agreement with Price River Terminal’s owner/operator Energy Transfer LP to double the facility’s daily export capacity to 140,000 barrels.
The expansion calls for constructing a new continuous loop track to streamline rail logistics and a tank-car load rack designed to load 140,000 barrels per day.Union Pacific RailroadAnnounced in early October, the terminal expansion calls for constructing a new continuous loop track to streamline rail logistics and a tank-car load rack designed to load 140,000 barrels per day. Terminal enhancements also will include nine new rail loading arms, four additional truck offload lanes and upgraded pump capacity to accelerate and improve truck offloading operations.
The project will further bolster transportation infrastructure and boost takeaway capacity out of the basin, FourPoint Resources officials say. That, in turn, will help expand market access, enabling the company to better meet growing demand for the region’s high-quality crude.
By expanding terminal capacity and optimizing logistics across the supply chain, both Energy Transfer and FourPoint Resources expect to be better positioned to serve refiners across the country and support the next phase of the basin’s growth.
“Due to the increase in production volumes expected throughout the basin and [us] dedicating up to 50,000 barrels to move through the terminal daily, Energy Transfer has committed to this infrastructure expansion,” said FourPoint Resources Director of Corporate Communications Jenna Samek in an email. “The project is expected to start immediately subject to all necessary third party and government approvals, with a target completion of fourth-quarter 2026.”
The expansion also involves adding a new heated storage tank and two additional 6,000-foot storage unit tracks at the terminal to significantly increase storage capacity.
As the energy landscape continues to shift, the Uinta Basin has emerged as one of the few U.S. oil regions that’s positioned for meaningful production growth, said FourPoint Resources Chief Operating Officer Eric Eichler in a press release.
“Unlike other major U.S. basins facing declining output, the Uinta Basin is a uniquely resource-rich region with a long runway of remaining tier-one drilling locations,” he said. "The basin offers exceptional development potential, with strong well performance, multiple stacked horizontal targets, and competitive well costs — characteristics comparable to what we see in the Permian Basin.”
The Uinta Basin also poses significant potential for natural gas development, FourPoint Resources officials say.
