Summit Carbon Solutions, through its subsidiary SCS Carbon Transport LLC, plans to build, own, and operate the Midwest Carbon Express (MCE) pipeline. This pipeline will gather carbon dioxide from over 30 sources, including ethanol facilities and other industries across the Midwest. It will transport up to 18 million metric tons per year to storage facilities in North Dakota's Mercer, Morton, and Oliver Counties, near Beulah.

The KJ Hintz storage facility was modeled to receive a maximum of 129.7 million metric tons over a 20-year injection period, equating to approximately 6.49 million metric tons annually. The combined maximum modeled storage volume across all three storage facilities is 325 million metric tons over 20 years.

Please note from the North Dakota DMR website:

"The permitting process in North Dakota is different from the federal permitting process.

In North Dakota a storage facility permit (SFP) is approved first, by signed Industrial Commission orders, which authorize the creation of the storage facility area, the amalgamation of pore space, and financial responsibility requirements. These orders do not authorize injection into the storage facility area. The storage facility operator must still apply for a Class VI well permit once they have an approved SFP. Upon completion and testing of the well they are granted authorization to inject into the well by an approved NorthSTAR sundry."