Last Oneok Gas Plant in North Dakota Operational

TIOGA, N.D. (AP) — Oklahoma-based Oneok Partners is continuing to increase its natural gas processing capacity in the western North Dakota oil patch.

The company says its Garden Creek II plant in eastern McKenzie County is now operational, and capable of processing 100 million cubic feet of natural gas daily.

About one-third of North Dakota's natural gas is burned off and wasted in a process called flaring, due to a lack of infrastructure. Oneok President and CEO Terry Spencer says the Garden Creek plant will help reduce flaring.

Oneok has other facilities in North Dakota and earlier this summer announced plans for a seventh gas plant that's expected to be complete in 2016. That factory, in northeastern McKenzie County, will bring Oneok's total investment in North Dakota to about $4 billion.