How Bad Is The Flaring On The Reservation? Plans? Is The Problem Of Flaring Worse On BLM? Hmmmm......Twin Buttes: Almost All Natural Gas Is Flared

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December 14, 2013: TERO. 
 

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The Bismarck Tribune is reporting:

 About 55 percent of natural gas produced on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation is being flared, ...

“We’re entirely too high,” [Tribal Chairman Tex] Hall said. [An understatement if I ever one.]

... flaring numbers in more remote areas are much higher. In the Mandaree area of the reservation, 60 percent of natural gas is flared, 67 percent is flared in the Four Bears area and almost all natural gas produced in the Twin Buttes area is flared. The amount of gas produced is rising with the amount of oil produced on the reservation.

So, is the majority of Bakken natural gas flared being done on federal land? Hmmm....sounds like an oxymoron somewhere in "bureau of land managment...."

Plans?

The Three Affiliated Tribes are planning for a natural gas plant on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.

Tribal Chairman Tex Hall said the tribal council is considering potential gas plant locations best for gathering the fuel .... and best size...

Hall said he expects the project to cost between $200 million and $300 million.