Intensity, Rainbow set to proceed with phase one of North Dakota gas pipeline

Intensity Infrastructure Partners and Rainbow Energy Center person confirmed their volition to determination guardant with signifier 1 of a 344-mile-long earthy state pipeline successful North Dakota, US.

The determination connected the 36in signifier 1 pipeline was driven by binding proscription commitments contained successful executed precedent agreements.

According to Intensity Infrastructure Partners, the determination builds connected the task model that was announced successful June 2025.

The earthy state pipeline task is acceptable to beryllium completed successful 2 phases. The planned in-service day for the archetypal signifier is scheduled for aboriginal 2029.

Phase 1 of the pipeline volition impact laying retired 136 miles of earthy state transmission pipeline. It is designed to transport astir 1,100,000 dekatherms per time (Dth/d), with ample country to facilitate accrued proscription demand.

The pipeline is acceptable to commencement adjacent Watford City and extremity adjacent Washburn successful North Dakota.

Phase 2 is expected to lengthen the pipeline by 208 miles betwixt Washburn and Casselton successful North Dakota, utilizing a 30in conception that tin determination 430,000Dth/d.

Intensity Infrastructure Partners expects the pipeline strategy to supply a reliable proviso of earthy state via aggregate receipt points. These see Northern Border Pipeline, WBI Energy's transmission and retention systems, and nonstop links to six Bakken earthy state processing plants.

Furthermore, the caller pipeline volition service arsenic a flexible powerfulness and state transportation hub, designed to conscionable evolving marketplace needs and enactment information centre expansion, grid reliability and concern maturation crossed the state, said the company.

This set-up ensures a well-integrated proviso chain, drafting from some Bakken and Canadian accumulation sources.

The pipeline's plan omits compression substance surcharges, thereby simplifying operations and ensuring transparency successful tariffs for shippers.

Uncommitted capableness successful signifier 1 volition enactment further gas-fired energy procreation on the pipeline way and astatine Coal Creek Station, efficaciously utilising existing powerfulness transmission infrastructure.

This task positions the pipeline to grip aboriginal throughput increases without requiring further greenfield infrastructure.

Rainbow Energy Center CEO Stacy Tschider said: “Advancing a phased pipeline with disposable capableness gives america the flexibility to respond to request arsenic it materialises, portion maintaining the reliability and operational certainty ample powerfulness users require.

“By leveraging established assets similar Coal Creek and integrating straight with basin proviso and interstate systems, this task is positioned to conscionable near-term needs portion remaining expandable for the adjacent procreation of load growth.”