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Oil & Gas Midstream Facilities
Oil and gas midstream facilities include those that transport or store oil and gas. Facilities that are midstream include some tank batteries, truck and rail load-out or transfer facilities, natural gas processing plants and compressor stations, among others.
Questions may be addressed to the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality at 701-328-5188 or email (AirQuality@nd.gov).
Midstream facilities may require construction permits and operating permits, please see those pages for more information on the permitting process and requirements. Midstream facilities may be subject to several State and Federal regulations including, but not limited to:
North Dakota Administrative Code (NDAC)
New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)
National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)
The Department has traditionally issued air quality permits to construct and operating permits to all natural gas compressor stations. However, with the increase in electric-driven compressor engines the facilities tend to have significantly lower emissions compared to other engine-driven compressors. As such the Department released a 21 November 2012 memo: Permitting of Electric-driven Compressor Stations. This memo outlines when an electric-driven compressor station needs to apply for a Construction or Operating Permit.
The Department has developed a storage vessel guidance to allow for establishment of emission limits for storage vessels of oil, condensate and produced water at non-production facilities to restrict emissions from each storage vessel to less than 6 tons per year of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
Due to the unique properties of the Bakken, Three Forks, and Sanish formations, the Department has developed special guidelines and regulations related to the air quality requirements of facilities producing and processing oil and gas from these formations. Many of these documents apply to other non-Bakken, Three Forks, or Sanish wells.
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Rev. Date
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Doc Type
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| Testing Requirements for Non-Emergency Engines (RICE) Located at Minor Source Oil and Gas Facilities |
09 June 2021 |
Policy |
| High Efficiency Program Specifically Applies to Flares (Steffes, LLC) For Midstream Facilities |
15 March 2021
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Oil &Gas |
| ND Air Pollution Control General Permit Application Guidance for Oil and Gas Production Facilities |
01 July 2025
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Oil &Gas |
| High Efficiency Program Specifically Applies to Flares (Steffes, LLC) For Upstream Production Facilities |
15 March 2021
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Oil &Gas |
| High Efficiency Program Specifically Applies to Combustors For Upstream Production Facilities |
18 March 2021
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Oil &Gas |
| High Efficiency Program Specifically Applies to Flares (Steffes, LLC) For Upstream Production Facilities |
13 January 2022
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Oil &Gas |
Oil and Gas Production General Permit applications must be submitted through CERIS-ND for new and modified Oil and Gas Production Sites.
The Division has developed packages of commonly used forms, regulations, rules, and documents related to the oil and gas industry for easier use. These packages are of common files and information used in oil and gas and may not contain all rules, regulations, or documents that apply to your facility.
Compressor Station and Gas Plant PTCs
Below are forms commonly needed for a Permit to Construct for a natural gas compressor station.
Last Updated: 02/02/2026
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