Storage tank project approved
Directors pass resolution approving a $38 million ammonia storage tank project.
Dakota Gasification Company
- September 30, 2011
The Bulletin
At their September meeting, Dakota Gasification Company directors passed a resolution approving a $38 million ammonia storage tank project.
The new tank will allow an additional anhydrous ammonia storage capacity of 30,000 tons at the Great Plains Synfuels Plant.
Current storage capacity at the Synfuels Plant includes a 30,000-ton tank as well as 200 railcars that can hold up to 16,000 tons of anhydrous ammonia.
Karen Olson, process engineer, presented the scope of the project to the directors. The new project will increase storage by 30,000 tons, add a compressor system, a flare, the ability to off-load railcars and an increase in the earthen dike that will surround the tanks.
“The economics of the project show that it should be feasible to pay back within three to five years,” said Claudia Miller, engineering manager. The net annual average benefit is estimated at $7.6 million per year.
“In the past, product storage has limited sales,” Miller said. “The new tank will allow us additional sales as well as increased reliability since the ammonia plant will run longer.”
Plans are for the new tank to be built and ready for storage by fall 2012.
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