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Byron Dorgan: Senator Burns and I see the distinguished chairman of the Subcommittee on Interior Appropriations on the floor and we…

On the recordSeptember 18, 1997
Senator Burns and I see the distinguished chairman of the Subcommittee on Interior Appropriations on the floor and we would like to engage him in a discussion regarding assistance from the Department of Energy (DOE) to help finance the construction of a pipeline to transport carbon dioxide (CO2) now produced as a waste gas at the Great Plains Gasification (Great Plains) plant near Beulah, North Dakota to existing oil fields to be used for enhanced tertiary oil recovery.
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Byron Dorgan
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Discussing potential DOE assistance for a pipeline project related to carbon dioxide transport in North Dakota.

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