Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink. In North Dakota, in 2024, of all things we don’t have access to — it’s natural gas. In the heart of where it’s extracted, we can’t get it out of the pipelines, and that’s proving to be a real bummer for those with new industrial ideas for North Dakota. Because when it comes to industry, the pipelines don’t get built for the “potential” users; they get built for existing users — where demand is proven. So getting access to the resource for a project that is only in the planning stages is tough. It’s a problem our legislators are working, but getting the industry to speculate is proving difficult.
This article from Prairie Public features local legislator David Hogue of Minot. It’s well worth the time to understand what’s proving to be a gnarly barrier to expanding natural gas supply in North Dakota.
