North Dakota Refinery Projects Updated -- February 6, 2018

Perhaps readers know better what is going on with these projects or can direct me to a better link. This is the best I could find overnight.

From Stratas Advisors, dated almost two years ago: largest-yet refinery project announced for North Dakota. Data points, again, this is almost two years old:

• the state now has five refinery projects that may come online with the next ten (10) years
• the five would add a combined processing capacity of about 155 Mbbl/d
• Davis Refinery, near Belfield, Meridian Energy, begins first round of permit applications (this project has been discussed several times on the blog since then; it continues to move through the permitting process)
• update, June 13, 2018: air quality permit approved
• would be the largest new refinery int he state, and second largest refinery in ND overall
• first phase: 27,500 bopd capacity; online in 2017 (did not happen)
• second phase: permits to be filed when phase one is placed into service; will expand capacity to 55,000 bopd
• goal: fully operational by 2019
• Trenton, ND
• Dakota Oil Processing
• 20 Mbbl/day refinery
• was to have been brought on line by end of 2016
• Thunder Butte
• Thunder Butte Petroleum Services
• Makota, ND
• Berthold, ND
• Quantum Energy, Inc
• 40 Mbbl/d
• Stanley, ND
• Quantum Energy, Inc
• no further data

Just a Reminder: Dakota Oil Processing LLC -- Trenton Diesel Refinery -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Link here.

From their website:

Dakota Oil Processing, LLC is a privately held, development stage company formed for the purpose of developing, constructing, owning and operating a crude oil topping refinery near Trenton, North Dakota.

DOP intends to construct a 20,000 barrel-per-day crude oil diesel hydro-skimming refinery near Trenton, North Dakota. The Project will receive and process light sweet crude and sell No. 1 and No. 2 ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) refined as the primary products for the local and regional markets. The secondary products produced will be naphtha, residual fuel oil and elemental sulfur, which will be sold as commodities into various markets. Propane will be refined and separated and either sold or used as plant gas.

I don't know the exact location of the proposed refinery but it will no doubt be located very near the Trenton crude-by-rail oil-loading facility.  That's coming along very nicely. It appears track has been laid. It will be interesting to see the actual facility.

As far as I know, the refinery project remains on track.  [I went back to proofread this. No pun in intended in that last sentence.]