ONEOK To Build Another Natural Gas Processing Plant: Garden Creek III Northeast of Watford City

The Bismarck Tribune is reporting:

The Public Service Commission Wednesday gave a natural gas processing plant near Watford City the green light to go ahead with construction.

Commissioners unanimously approved a certificate of site compatibility for ONEOK’s Garden Creek III plant in McKenzie County.

Commissioner Julie Fedorchak said the 100 million cubic feet per day processing plant would be located on the site of an identical facility already under construction.

The first processing plant, known as the Garden Creek I plant, opened in January 2012 northeast of Watford City.

Garden Creek II and Garden Creek III will be located on an 80-acre site adjacent to the first plant. The second plant is already under construction and is set to be completed in 2014 and the plant given the green light Wednesday is expected to be completed in 2015.

Fedorchak said the $160 million project would create nearly 40 jobs.

Is this number 6 for ONEOK since the Bakken boom began?

Back on April 26, 2013, the question was asked where the next natural gas processing plant would be built. The opinions then:

• northeast McKenzie County, in Watford City area: 36%
• on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation: 12%
• just off the reservation, to the west: 10%
• western Mountrail County, in the Stanley area: 24% (MDW voted this choice)
• in Whiting's Pronghorn Prospect, Stark County: 17%