North Dakota synthetic gas plant gets $48M upgrade
Company spokesman Daryl Hill says a second processing unit went online last month, after two years of design work and construction.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative
- 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.
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