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Yesterday, Savage Cos. announced plans to build a large multi-user rail terminal in Trenton, N.D., that will be served by BNSF Railway Co. The Trenton Railport is designed to bring rail service to the Bakken Formation oil field to transport various materials, such as tubular, frac sand and unit trains of crude oil.

Construction is slated to begin later this year and conclude in late 2011. The railport will feature rail infrastructure, open space for oil-field materials storage, and receiving facilities for frac sand and other materials. In conjunction with BNSF, Savage plans to provide rail cars and offer logistics services.

“BNSF continues to see a bright future for growth opportunities in the Williston Basin, and we look forward to working with Savage to expand capacity to provide rail service to this growing market,” said Denis Smith, BNSF’s vice president of industrial products marketing, in a prepared statement. “As companies such as Savage and BNSF invest in helping to expand production from the Bakken Shale and other [oil] formations, they are not only helping boost the economies of North Dakota and Montana, they are helping reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil and diversifying our domestic energy resources.”