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Title: Great Plains Gasification Associates. Quarterly technical and environmental report, Great Plains coal gasification project, Mercer County, North Dakota, second quarter, 1983

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5730569

Activities remain on schedule to meet Great Plains Gasification Associate's start-up and coal delivery dates as well as the completion of the pipeline. Home Office engineering is essentially complete for the Plant. The remaining engineering tasks will involve field support activities and special projects. A substantial amount of construction progress was achieved during the second quarter. Although construction is still slightly behind schedule for the Plant, it is currently forecasted that construction will be back on schedule by the end of October, 1983. Start-up activities are continuing at a rapid pace. The current emphasis is on precommissioning planning and the development and implementation of the computer systems required to run the plant. Mine development activities remain on schedule. Almost all of the environmental permitting for the construction phase is complete. Engineering for the pipeline is complete. Construction started this quarter and should be completed by August 15, 1983.

Research Organization:
Great Plains Gasification Associates, Detroit, MI (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
FM01-82FE55014
OSTI ID:
5730569
Report Number(s):
DOE/FE/55014-T5; ON: DE83016156
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English