Richardton Ethanol Broom Creek

The Red Trail Richardton Ethanol Broom Creek Storage Facility #1 is a Class VI carbon dioxide geologic storage project developed by Red Trail Energy, LLC in Stark County, North Dakota, adjacent to the company’s dry-mill ethanol facility near Richardton. The project is designed to permanently store CO2 captured from the ethanol fermentation process, with an expected capture and injection rate of approximately 180,000 metric tons of CO2 per year. The facility is authorized for one Class VI injection well (RTE #10), converted from a stratigraphic test well, and one dedicated monitoring well (RTE #10.2) to directly observe conditions in the injection zone. CO2 will be dehydrated, compressed, and transported to the wellhead via a short, on-site flowline equipped with fiber-optic leak detection and automatic shut-off systems.