Dakota Access operator seeks to build pumping station in Emmons County

The company that built the Dakota Access Pipeline on Friday asked North Dakota regulators for approval to build a pumping station in Emmons County to help boost the pipeline’s capacity.

The pump station planned about 5 miles west of Linton would consist of five 6,000-horsepower motors and pumps inside a building, according to documents filed by Dallas-based Energy Transfer. The building would be on about 21 acres of property − about half of which is within the pipeline corridor previously approved by North Dakota’s Public Service Commission. Energy Transfer is seeking to amend the corridor and route.

The $3.8 billion pipeline that’s been moving Bakken oil to Illinois since June 2017 is moving about 570,000 barrels per day. Energy Transfer wants to increase capacity to 1.1 billion barrels, which is close to the state’s daily oil production, to meet growing demand. The project is expected to cost the company up to $40 million and be complete by February 2021, according to company attorney Lawrence Bender.

“The current maximum capacity of the DAPL is oversubscribed by shippers holding or seeking long-term transportation contracts,” Bender wrote in documents filed by the company.

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