Northdale Oil considering building biodiesel plant in Grand Forks

In North Dakota, InForum reported that Northdale Oil, a Grand Forks fuel company, is financing a feasibility study to determine whether to build a biodiesel plant in the city.

The proposed biodiesel plant would process raw vegetable oil such as soybean or canola, said Tyler Stockton, Northdale Oil Inc. procurement manager.

“It would not be crushing. We would buy oil from a crushing facility,” he said.

Northdale said it hopes to be able to procure the oil from a plant that processes oil crops grown by Red River Valley farmers in North Dakota and Minnesota, according to the report.

Initially, the plant would produce about 1.2 million gallons of vegetable oil annually and would have the capability to expand to 5 million gallons, Stockton said.

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