The unique waxy crude from Utah’s Uinta Basin has historically been a blessing and a curse. A blessing because it’s high in paraffins, a cleaner, more efficient feedstock for refiners, and carries a premium price tag. A curse because, until just recently, transporting volumes to refineries has been solely dependent on limited rail and truck transportation. But times they are a’changin’.

Reese Energy Consulting today is following the latest news from Utah’s Uinta, which has re-emerged as an oil basin to be further explored. In a unanimous decision last May, the Supreme Court found in favor of the proposed 88-mile Uinta Basin Railway to take away more volumes too waxy for pipelines.

Now, Denver-based FourPoint Resources and Houston-based Energy Transfer have teamed up to double the export capacity at Price River Terminal in Wellington, Utah. The expansion will include a railcar load rack capable of loading 140 MBPD of oil, among other features, and slated for completion by the end of next year. FourPoint has also kicked that “Yellow Wax” name for Uinta oil to the curb with plans to rebrand as American Premium Uinta, or UTA.

On the upstream side, a merger of equals appears to be in the offing between Denver-based neighbors Civitas Resources and SM Energy, both of which operate in the Permian. SM’s portfolio also includes assets in the DJ, Eagle Ford, and Uinta.