Dakota Gasification Company Explained

Dakota Gasification Company
Type:Non-profit organization
Area Served:North Dakota
Industry:Utilities
Hq Location City:Beulah, North Dakota
Hq Location Country:United States

The Dakota Gasification Company is a synthetic natural gas producing company founded in 1984 in Beulah, North Dakota, United States. It is an operator of the Great Plains Synfuels Plant.

Processes

The plant uses lignite coal to produce synthetic natural gas utilizing a coal gasification process. The plant processes 16 thousand tons of coal daily. Coal is oxidized to coal gas, which is then converted from a mixture of carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen to methane, by hydrogenation over a nickel catalyst. The synthetic natural gas (95% methane, 975 BTU per cubic foot) is pipelined to the Northern Border Pipeline which transports gas from Canada, Montana and North Dakota to the Ventura, Iowa area, where the pipeline interconnects with many pipelines supplying the eastern United States.

The company ships generated byproduct carbon dioxide via a high pressure pipeline to an oilfield in Saskatchewan in Canada where it is used for enhanced oil recovery from the Weyburn oil field near Weyburn, Saskatchewan (Canada).[1]

The plant also produces ammonium sulfate, anhydrous ammonia, phenol, cresylic acid, methanol, and urea naphtha. These materials are by-products of coal gasification. The plant also produces liquid nitrogen, krypton and xenon as a by-product of liquid oxygen production. Oxygen is utilized in the initial oxidation of coal.

History

The Dakota Gasification Company is a subsidiary of the Basin Electric Power Cooperative which is located in Bismarck, North Dakota.[2] On August 16, 2021, it was announced Bakken Energy would be acquiring the Dakota Gasification Company to be transformed to a blue hydrogen project.[3]

Board of directors

The board of Dakota Gasification Company is made up of five directors chosen from among the various directors of Basin Electric plus three additional external directors.[4] Former Governor of Wyoming Jim Geringer currently serves as a director on the board. Senator Heidi Heitkamp served as an external director until December 2012 after she was elected to the U.S. Senate.[5]

NamePosition
McQuistionMike McQuistionChairman
WagnerTom Wagner Vice Chairman
GlikoDan GlikoTreasurer
BakerPaul BakerDirector
BrekelLeo BrekelDirector
GilbertCharlie GilbertDirector
PeltierWayne PeltierDirector
PresserTroy Presser Director
MeschkeDavid MeschkeDirector
ThiessenAllen ThiessenDirector
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Notes and References

  1. Book: Enhanced Oil Recovery: Field Planning and Development Strategies . Vladimir . Alvarado . Eduardo . Manrique . Gulf Professional Publishing . 2010 . 86 . 978-1-85617-855-6.
  2. News: Portsmouth company chosen to lead $300 million CO2 project . James . MacPherson . Associated Press . 2008-06-18 . 2012-01-24.
  3. Web site: Gomez . Nathalie . Bakken Energy reaches agreement to purchase Dakota Gasification Company assets . KX News . 16 August 2021 . Nexstar Media Inc . 31 August 2021.
  4. Web site: Boards of Directors . Basin Electric Power Cooperative . 2014-08-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140809002742/http://www.basinelectric.com/About_Us/Corporate/Boards_of_Directors/index.html . 2014-08-09 .
  5. Web site: New faces in 2012: Basin Electric and Dakota Gas boards welcome new members . Kathi Risch . Basin Electric Power Cooperative . 2013-02-05 . 2014-08-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140814021932/http://www.basinelectric.com/News_Center/Publications/Feature_Articles/new-faces-in-2012.html . 2014-08-14 .
  6. Web site: 11 August 2021. Governance. live. DakotaGas.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20210811161818/https://www.dakotagas.com/about-us/governance/index . 2021-08-11 .