Natural Gas in North Dakota

Abstract Almost all natural gas produced in North Dakota is casinghead gas from oil pools in the Madison Group along the Nesson anticline and from pools in Burke County. Relatively minor quantities of dry gas are produced from the gas fields of the North Dakota part of the Cedar Creek anticline. Only the natural gas from these areas is used commercially; the casinghead gas from other areas in North Dakota is flared. There is a large volume of nitrogen gas in the Minnelusa Formation in the central part of the Nesson anticline, and nitrogen is produced with a heavy crude from the Heath Formation pools in the southwestern part of the state. There are underground storage facilities in the Montana part of the Cedar Creek gas field and storage caverns in salt beds near Williston and Lignite, North Dakota. Gas production in North Dakota is less than demand and gas must be imported.