Regulators OK gas plant, pipeline projects in the Bakken

State regulators on Wednesday approved two natural gas projects: a processing plant along the North Dakota-Montana border and a pipeline in Williams and Mountrail counties.

Construction is slated to begin this week on the Bill Sanderson Gas Processing Plant west of Williston in Williams County, according to Outrigger Energy II, the company putting forward the project. The facility will handle up to 250 million cubic feet per day of gas.

The North Dakota Public Service Commission voted to grant the project a permit at a time when oil prices have fallen due to a lack of demand during the coronavirus pandemic. Many oil producers are idling wells and drilling fewer new wells.

Commissioner Randy Christmann said that during the last oil downturn in 2015, “a lot of the players responded by investing into long-term infrastructure that really paid off down the road.”

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