The North Dakota Industrial Commission failed to take action Monday, Aug. 20, on a request for a $1 million state grant to help finance the development of a unique system that converts onsite flare gas from oil wells into ammonia fertilizer (GM Aug. 20, p. 1). According to Alison Ritter, spokeswoman for the North Dakota Department of Natural Resources, the Commission made up of Gov. Jack Dalrymple, Atty. Gen. Wayne Stenehjem and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring was enthusiastic about the potential of lower-cost fertilizer for the state’s farmers but indicated that a $1 million is a lot of money and decided that more information is needed and asked N-Flex developer Neil Cohn to provide more information. “I would look for the issue to be on their agenda next month,” Ritter told Green Markets.
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