North Bakken Expansion Pipeline

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North Bakken Expansion Pipeline is a gas pipeline that is in construction in North Dakota, USA.[1]

Location

The pipeline will transport natural gas from the Williston Basin, North Dakota, USA to an interconnect with the Northern Border Gas Pipeline mainline in McKenzie County, North Dakota, USA.[2][3] It will be composed of five total components, detailed below.[4]

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Project details

  • Operator: WBI Energy[2]
  • Owner: WBI Energy[2]
  • Parent company: MDU Resources Group[2]
  • Capacity: 250 MMcf/d[1][2]
  • Length: 100 mi[5]
  • Diameter: 12, 20, 24 in[2][6]
  • Status: Operating[5]
  • Start year: 2022[4]
  • Cost: US$260.5 million[7]


The North Bakken Expansion Pipeline contains the components listed below.

Tioga–Elkhorn Creek Pipeline

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  • Operator: WBI Energy[2]
  • Owner: WBI Energy[2]
  • Parent company: MDU Resources Group[2]
  • Capacity: 250 million cubic feet per day[4]
  • Length: 62.8 miles / 101.1 kilometers[4]
  • Diameter: 24 inches[4]
  • Status: Operating[5]
  • Start year: 2022[4]

Line Section 25 Loop Pipeline

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  • Operator: WBI Energy[2]
  • Owner: WBI Energy[2]
  • Parent company: MDU Resources Group[2]
  • Capacity: 250 million cubic feet per day[4]
  • Length: 20.3 miles / 32.7 kilometers[4]
  • Diameter: 12 inches[4]
  • Status: Operating[5]
  • Start year: 2022[4]

Line Section 30 Loop Pipeline

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  • Operator: WBI Energy[2]
  • Owner: WBI Energy[2]
  • Parent company: MDU Resources Group[2]
  • Capacity: 250 million cubic feet per day[4]
  • Length: 9.6 miles / 15.5 kilometers[4]
  • Diameter: 12 inches[4]
  • Status: Operating[5]
  • Start year: 2022[4]

Tioga Compressor Lateral Pipeline

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  • Operator: WBI Energy[2]
  • Owner: WBI Energy[2]
  • Parent company: MDU Resources Group[2]
  • Capacity: 250 million cubic feet per day[4]
  • Length: 0.5 miles / 0.8 kilometers[4]
  • Diameter: 20 inches[4]
  • Status: Operating[5]
  • Start year: 2022[4]

Elkhorn Creek–Northern Border Pipeline

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  • Operator: WBI Energy[2]
  • Owner: WBI Energy[2]
  • Parent company: MDU Resources Group[2]
  • Capacity: 250 million cubic feet per day[4]
  • Length: 0.3 miles / 0.48 kilometers[4]
  • Diameter: 24 inches[4]
  • Status: Operating[5]
  • Start year: 2022[4]

Background

The project includes construction of the Northern Border Interconnect and the Norse Transfer Station, as well as upgrades of receiving stations at existing plants.[2] The project will provide infrastructure for the transportation of natural gas produced during oil production in the Williston Basin, which will lead to a reduction in the need for gas flaring.[2]

Development of the pipeline stalled at the end of 2020, but in July 2021 it had reportedly entered construction.[1][6]

The pipeline was originally slated for completion and operation by December 2021.[2] According to the FERC environmental assessment report, however, applications for operational permits are expected to be submitted between October 2021 and October 2022.[4] Because of this timeline, the operational year is estimated to be 2022.

The pipeline became operational in February 2022.[5]

Articles and resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Renée Jean, WBI starts construction of North Bakken Expansion and more things to know this week in energy, Williston Herald, Jul. 28, 2021, accessed Sep. 1, 2021.
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 North Bakken Expansion Project, NS Energy, accessed Sep. 1, 2021.
  3. North Bakken, WBI Energy, accessed Sep. 1, 2021.
  4. 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 "North Bakken Expansion Project Environmental Assessment" (PDF). FERC. 2021-10-23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 "North Bakken - WBI Energy". WBI Energy. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  6. 6.0 6.1 Construction begins on North Bakken Expansion Pipeline, Minot Daily News, Jul. 20, 2021, accessed Sep. 1, 2021.
  7. "Natural Gas Data - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2022-07-21.

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