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PSC approves permit for natural gas liquids pipeline in McKenzie County

WATFORD CITY – The North Dakota Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved a siting permit for a natural gas liquids pipeline project in McKenzie County.

ONEOK Bakken Pipeline, LLC, has received a permit to construct an approximately 77-mile-long NGL pipeline that would start at the ONEOK Demicks Lake Natural Gas Processing Plant in McKenzie County and extend to the southwest ending in Richland County, Mont., at an interconnection with another pipeline. About 74 miles of the pipeline are in North Dakota.

“This project attempts to minimize impact to landowners and the environment by collocating this new line in an existing pipeline corridor for 51 of the 77 total miles,” said Commissioner Julie Fedorchak who holds the siting portfolio. “This is vital new infrastructure to help reduce flaring by capturing, processing and safely transporting the vast and valuable energy products being produced in the Bakken.”

The pipeline will be a 20-inch steel pipeline designed to carry a maximum throughput of 40,000 barrels per day. The pipeline will carry Y-grade NGLs (a mixture of ethane, propane, butanes, iso-butane mix, pentanes, and natural gasoline). Estimated cost of the project is $125 million.

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