North Dakota synthetic gas plant gets 48 million dollar upgrade
<P>Company spokesman Daryl Hill says a second processing unit went online last month, after two years of design work and construction.</P>
Dakota Gasification Company
- May 6, 2010
Originally published by The Associated Press
The Great Plains Synfuels Plant in western North Dakota has undergone a $48 million upgrade to combat a problem that caused a lengthy shutdown more than two years ago.
Production was halted for 41 days beginning in December 2007 to repair cracks in a processing unit that extracts chemicals from the plant's synthetic gas.
The shutdown at the plant near Beulah was estimated to cost its owners about $1 million daily in lost natural gas sales.
Company spokesman Daryl Hill says a second processing unit went online last month, after two years of design work and construction.
Headquarters
1600 E. Interstate Ave.
PO Box 5540
Bismarck, ND 58506-5540 USA
701.221.4400
Great Plains Synfuels Plant
420 County Road 26
Beulah, ND 58523-9400 USA
701.873.2100
