10. N-Flex Seeks Funds for Development of Mobile Gas-to-Fertilizer Plant

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N-Flex LLC is asking for US$ 1 million from North Dakota regulators to help build a mobile plant that would convert natural gas into farm fertilizer, Associated Press reported. The unit is designed to operate at the site of oil production, in fields where natural gas is usually flared off. The North Dakota Industrial Commission will consider the request. The funding would cover about a quarter of the funding required to develop a pilot program that could be moved between oil wells in western North Dakota. Crude oil production has risen more than 400 percent in North Dakota since 2007. About a third of natural gas produced in the state is wasted as the construction of collecting systems and pipelines has not kept pace with the rise in oil production. Natural gas is a key ingredient of nitrogen fertilizer, the prices of which has risen in the past decades, Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring said. "This has potential and I think it will work very well and the state will reap the rewards, said Goehring. Goehring, along with Gov. Jack Dalrymple and Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem make up the Industrial Commission.