Largest greenhouse-gas emitters in North Dakota

64 facilities in North Dakota reported 34,493,056 metric tons CO2e of direct emissions to the EPA for 2023, 1.4% of the national total for reporting direct emitters. Power Plants accounts for the most (75%). Largest first.

#	Facility	City	Sector	t CO2e
1	Coal Creek	Underwood	Power Plants	7,716,347
2	Antelope Valley	Beulah	Power Plants	5,389,116
3	Milton R Young	Center	Power Plants	4,993,025
4	Leland Olds	Stanton	Power Plants	3,785,800
5	Coyote	Beulah	Power Plants	2,935,490
6	Great Plains Synfuels Plant	Beulah	Chemicals	2,873,469
7	Marathon Mandan Refinery	Mandan	Refineries	682,316
8	Lonesome Creek Station	Alexander	Power Plants	594,890
9	AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR - HILLSBORO	Hillsboro	Minerals, Waste	488,893
10	MINN DAK FARMERS COOPERATIVE	Wahpeton	Minerals, Waste	396,447
11	American Crystal Sugar Company - Drayton	Drayton	Minerals, Waste	370,074
12	Spiritwood Station	Spiritwood	Power Plants	278,522
13	Pioneer Generating Station	Williston	Power Plants	260,040
14	THARALDSON ETHANOL PLANT I LLC	Casselton	Other	251,713
15	TIOGA GAS PROCESSING PLANT	Tioga	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	241,681
16	Hankinson Renewable Energy, LLC	Hankinson	Other	186,974
17	Wild Basin Gas Processing and Crude Handling Facility	Watford City	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	127,358
18	CITY OF FARGO LANDFILL	Fargo	Waste	120,646
19	Northern Border Pipeline Zeeland CS#8	Zeeland	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	106,706
20	Northern Border Pipeline Wetonka CS#9	Westport	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	106,505
21	Northern Border Pipeline Glen Ullin CS#6	Glen Ullin	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	106,376
22	Northern Border Pipeline Clark CS#10	Clark	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	104,213
23	Little Missouri Gas Plant	Watford City	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	104,195
24	Hiland Partners Watford City Gas Plant	Alexander	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	101,616
25	Northern Border Pipeline Manning CS#5	Manning	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	101,287
26	Northern Border Pipeline Estelline CS#11	Estelline	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	101,253
27	TOWNER COMPRESSOR STATION	Towner	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	99,483
28	Northern Border Pipeline Saint Anthony CS#7	St. Anthony	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	98,676
29	ALLIANCE PIPELINE, L.P.-FAIRMOUNT COMPRESSOR STATION	Fairmount	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	90,855
30	ALLIANCE PIPELINE, L.P.-WIMBLEDON COMPRESSOR STATION	Wimbledon	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	90,406
31	RED TRAIL ENERGY, LLC	Richardton	Other	86,232
32	ORM GPRP Demicks Lake Gas Plant	Keene	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	80,602
33	Spring Brook Gas Plant	Williston	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	70,701
34	Robinson Lake Gas Plant	New Town	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	70,628
35	Sanderson Gas Plant	Williston	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	67,294
36	Marathon Petroleum Corporation	Dickinson	Chemicals	67,029
37	BPE GPRP Stateline	Williston	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	65,314
38	DAKOTA MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL	Gwinner	Waste	65,008
39	BPE GPRP Grasslands Gas Plant	Cartwright	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	64,590
40	Bear Den Gas Plant	Watford City	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	63,811
41	Hiland Partners Roosevelt Gas Plant Watford City, ND	Watford City	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	63,260
42	Grand Forks Active Landfill	Grand Forks	Waste	59,298
43	CARGILL CORN MILLING-WAHPETON FACILITY	Wahpeton	Other	54,419
44	BPE GPRP Garden Creek	Watford City	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	52,387
45	Stanley Booster Station	Stanley	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	48,602
46	ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND PROCESSING	Velva	Other	46,348
47	J.R. Simplot Company	Grand Forks	Other, Waste	42,210
48	NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY THORSON MAINTENANCE CENTER	Fargo	Other	41,784
49	Crusoe Energy Systems - Crosby Chase CTB	Mandaree	Other	41,464
50	BPE GPRP Bear Creek	Killdeer	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	39,230
51	GRAND FORKS LANDFILL	Grand Forks	Waste	38,365
52	ORM GPRP Lonesome Creek Gas Plant	Alexander	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	38,365
53	UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA HEATING PLANT	Grand Forks	Power Plants	37,358
54	Cavendish Farms	Jamestown	Other	34,020
55	Archer Daniels Midland Co. - Enderlin, ND	Enderlin	Other, Waste	33,129
56	Tioga Compressor Station	Tioga	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	31,681
57	Petro-Hunt L.L.C.	Killdeer	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	30,338
58	Hiland Partners Norse Gas Plant	McGregor	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	28,183
59	McDaniel	Sawyer	Waste	26,475
60	Belfield Gas Plant	Belfield	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	25,777
61	R M Heskett	Mandan	Power Plants	21,517
62	Sawyer Disposal Services, LLC	Sawyer	Waste	21,197
63	Charbonneau Compressor Station	Cartwright	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	19,240
64	Aux Sable Midstream - Palermo Conditioning Plant	Palermo	Petroleum and Natural Gas Systems	12,825

Source: EPA Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, 2023 reporting year, sector-level emissions from data.epa.gov (fetched October 31, 2026). Direct emissions in metric tons CO2e as EPA totals them: emitter sectors only, biogenic CO2 reported separately. Covers facilities that report as direct emitters; most emit 25,000 t CO2e or more a year. Reference only.

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