Crestwood Equity Partners LP is taking a three-pronged approach to ensuring its Bakken Shale customers are able to move their crude oil volumes to market in the event that the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) shuts down, either temporarily or permanently.

On the second quarter earnings call held Tuesday, CEO Bob Phillips said the commercial and marketing teams have done a “phenomenal job” of engaging with producer customers on the Arrow gathering system to ensure that their volumes can clear the basin in the event of the DAPL shutdown.

Specifically, the midstream company plans to utilize the Colt Hub terminal, which has 160,000 b/d of rail-loading capacity, 1.2 million bbl of storage capacity and 21 miles of pipeline capacity. It also plans to utilize third-party pipelines and...