Denbury gets ND permission to build CO2 pipeline

April 2, 2020
Denbury Green Pipeline North Dakota LLC has received permission from the North Dakota Public Service Commission to build its 180-MMcfd Cedar Hills CO2 pipeline.

Denbury Green Pipeline North Dakota LLC has received permission from the North Dakota Public Service Commission to build its 180-MMcfd Cedar Hills CO2 pipeline. The project consists of about 18 miles of 12-in. ID welded steel pipe, with 9.23 miles in North Dakota. Denbury anticipates a November 2020 in-service date.

Cedar Hills will start at a connection point to Denbury's Cedar Creek Anticline (CCA) CO2 pipeline in Fallen County, Mont., and end at Denbury's Miller Production Tank Battery Enhanced Oil Recovery Development Site in Bowman County, ND. The project includes metering stations, block valves, pig launchers and receivers, and associated equipment.

The pipeline’s 0.469-0.562-in. WT will allow a maximum operating pressure of 3,702 psig and a maximum operating temperature of 100° F.

Estimated cost of the project is $9.2 million.

Denbury Resources Inc., Plano, Tex., earlier this week cut $80 million from its 2020 capital budget and deferred its CCA CO2 tertiary flood development beyond the end of the year (OGJ Online, Mar. 31, 2020).