Complex sentence: The pipeline route runs from the northwestern North Dakota Bakken formation and Three Forks hydrofracturing sites starting in Stanley, North Dakota and travels in a southeastward direction to end at the oil tank farm near Patoka, Illinois.
Split into simpler sentences: The pipeline route runs from the northwestern North Dakota Bakken and Three Forks sites. It starts in Stanley, North Dakota, and travels in a southeastward direction to end at the oil tank farm near Patoka, Illinois.