The plant is currently processing about 120 million cubic feet of natural gas per day, up from 100 MMcfd before the expansion, Hess said, but the expansion more than doubled the capacity of the plant.
Hess, combined with other Bakken players, will push through between 250 MMcfd and 300 MMcfd of natural gas as the plant ramps up to capacity.
The expansion will allow Hess to cut the amount of natural gas it is flaring from 25% to between 15% and 20%
"The Tioga Gas Plant was built in 1954, just three years after we drilled the very first oil well in the state of North Dakota," said chief executive John Hess.
"Since
