Dakota Gasification Company
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The Dakota Gasification Company is a synfuel producing company founded in 1984 in Beulah, North Dakota, United States. It is an operator of the Great Plains Synfuels Plant. The plant is located at 47°21′27.75″N 101°50′28.72″W / 47.3577083°N 101.8413111°W.[1] The plant uses lignite coal to produce synthetic natural gas utilizing the coal gasification process. The plant processes 16 thousand tons of coal daily. The synthetic natural gas is piped to the Northern Border Pipeline which supplies homes and businesses in the eastern part of the United States. The Dakota Gasification Company is a subsidiary of the Basin Electric Power Cooperative which is located in Bismarck, North Dakota.[2]
The company ships generated byproduct carbon dioxide via a high pressure pipe to an oilfield in Saskatchewan in Canada where the it is pressed into the oil formation for the purpose of enhanced oil recovery from the Weyborn oil field near Weyburn, Saskatchewan (Canada).[3]
[edit] Products
The plant produces are variety of products, including:[citation needed]
- substitute natural gas
- ammonium sulfate
- anhydrous ammonia
- dephenolized cresylic acid
- krypton and xenon gases
- liquid nitrogen
- naphtha
- carbon dioxide
- Phenol
[edit] Directors
The directors are:[citation needed]
- Chairman Don Applegate District 4
- Vice Chairman Roy Ireland District 7
- Treasurer Cliff Gjellstad District 3
- Director Wayne Child District 5
- Director Heidi Heitkamp External
- Director Thomas Owens External
- Director Donald Porter External
[edit] References
- ^ Beulah, North Dakota 58523 (1970-01-01). "beulah - Google Maps". Maps.google.com. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=de&q=beulah&sll=47.171978,-101.66748&sspn=0.823404,1.2854&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=15&ll=47.356124,-101.8297&spn=0.025642,0.040169&t=h. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
- ^ MacPherson, James (2008-06-18). "Portsmouth company chosen to lead $300 million CO2 project". Associated Press. http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080618/NEWS/80618022. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ^ Alvarado, Vladimir; Manrique, Eduardo (2010). Enhanced Oil Recovery: Field Planning and Development Strategies. Gulf Professional Publishing. pp. 86. ISBN 9781856178556. http://books.google.com/books?id=V3oNM32OHJgC&pg=PA86.
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