[knarf]

I don't understand .. the drillers are burning and wasteing NG?

How?

[knarf]

Nevermind ... flaring is burnoff to reduce pressure, right ?

[thackney]

ND natural gas gathering system maturing
http://www.prairiebizmag.com/event/article/id/14828/
June 03, 2013

In one month, North Dakota wastes a resource capable of heating about 80,000 homes for one year.

But new processing plants and pipelines to keep natural gas from being flared have recently come online or will be completed soon. That could make 2013 the year North Dakota starts to turn that around, says Justin Kringstad, director of the North Dakota Pipeline Authority.

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In March, the state flared about 7.8 billion cubic feet of natural gas, or 29 percent of the state’s output, according to the Department of Mineral Resources. North Dakota flared a historical high of 36 percent of its natural gas output in September 2011.

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One significant milestone this spring was the completion of ONEOK’s Stateline II natural gas processing plant near Williston, which can process 100 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. It’s the third natural gas processing facility the Oklahoma-based company has completed in the Williston Basin since late 2011.

Later this year, Hess Corp. will complete a major expansion of the Tioga Gas Plant, which will increase capacity from 115 million cubic feet per day to 250 million cubic feet per day. The plant produces propane, butane and natural gas.

With the addition of other plants that are expanding or under construction, North Dakota will have the capacity to process nearly 1.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day by the end of 2013 and more than 1.4 billion cubic feet per day by the end of 2015, according to Kringstad’s numbers.

That means North Dakota would have enough processing capacity for all the gas produced, but the ongoing challenge is having enough gathering lines to transport the natural gas, Kringstad said....

[Okieshooter]

Here is one possible way.

http://edj.net/sinor/sfr7-01a33.html

[thackney]

North Dakota House Bill 1134
http://legiscan.com/ND/bill/1134/2013

AN ACT to create and enact sections 57-51-02.6 and 57-51.1-02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to oil and gas gross production tax exemption for natural gas and an oil extraction tax exemption for liquids produced from natural gas extracted to encourage use of gas that might otherwise be flared; to amend and reenact sections 38-08-06.4 and 57-39.2-04.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to flaring restrictions for natural gas and sales tax exemption for property used to process natural gas to encourage use of gas that might otherwise be flared; and to provide an effective date.

Signed by Governor 04/26/2013