The Dakota Gasification Company’s (DGC) Great Plains Synfuels Plant is located 5 miles northwest of Beulah, North Dakota and has been in operation since 1984. The plant is capable of gasifying 6 million tons of lignite coal per year and generates approximately 150 million standard cubic feet of natural gas daily. Carbon dioxide is among the by-products of the gasification process.

DGC’s plant will initially sequester 1 million metric tons of the captured carbon dioxide stream annually in the proposed storage facility. As additional compressed volumes become available over the next 4 years, annual sequestration is expected to be increased to 2.7 million metric tons.