USA TODAY | Q&A: The 4-state, $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline USA TODAY Owned by Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, the $3.8 billion, 1,172-mile project would carry nearly a half-million barrels of crude oil daily from North Dakota's oil fields through South Dakota and Iowa to an existing pipeline in Patoka, Illinois ... Stand-off in the Great Plains as Native Americans fight oil pipeline construction North Dakota oil pipeline protest finds support in Denver, hundreds gather at State Capitol Tensions Mount as Native American Tribe Fights to Block Oil Pipeline |