EPA TRI Facility · Natural Gas Processing
Watford City Plant
Alexander, ND · Parent: Kinder Morgan
- Total releases
- 34.4K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 6
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
AIR Form-R mix
Watford City Plant: how the 34.4K lbs splits
34.4K lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 30.2K lbs 88.0%
- Off-site Transfers 4.1K lbs 12.0%
Watford City Plant's 34.4K lbs Form-R total is AIR - air releases is 88.0% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 12.0%. Leading chemical by pounds: n-Hexane.
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
LIGHT volume AIR pathway CARC-LEAN
Watford City Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Alexander, ND, in the natural gas processing sector. It reported 16.7K lbs of releases across 6 chemicals in 2023, and 34.4K lbs in total across its 2022-2023 reporting years. That ranks 7,004 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In North Dakota's 94 reporting TRI sites, Basin Electric Antelope Valley Station leads both reported pounds (167.8M lbs) and chemical count (55 chemicals). The two rankings do not invert in this pool. Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Oneok Rockies Midstream LLC - Grasslands Gas Plant; Lonesome Creek Gas Plant; Halliburton Williston Field Camp (halwest); Championx-Williston. Similar-scale Natural Gas Processing peers outside North Dakota: Tornado Gas Plant; Dcp Midstream Lp/sholem Gas Plant; Big Lake Plant; Vermillion Gas Plant. Other Kinder Morgan sites in this extract: Bluebell Gas Plant; Altamont Gas Plant-Kinder Morgan; CO2 Extraction Plant; Kinder Morgan Crude & Condensate LLC. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: n-Hexane; Xylene (mixed isomers); Toluene; Benzene.
Watford City Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant AIR pathway (88.0% air releases) across 6 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 34.4K lbs (2022–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Tornado Gas Plant and Dcp Midstream Lp/sholem Gas Plant.
Watford City Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
34K lbs Top 27% higher than 73% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Watford City Plant in the Natural Gas Processing sector extract
Among the 339 Natural Gas Processing facilities in this database, Watford City Plant reports the 135th-largest volume (34.4K lbs). Scale peers outside North Dakota include Tornado Gas Plant and Dcp Midstream Lp/sholem Gas Plant.
Sector rank uses reported TRI pounds only. Share callouts need ≥1,000 lbs so tiny totals cannot mint a false signal.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- Watford City Plant's total reported releases fell from 17.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 16.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Watford City Plant's off-site transfers fell from 2.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 1.8 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Watford City Plant's air releases fell from 15.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 14.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Watford City Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Watford City Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 34.4K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2022 to 2023, total releases decreased by 5% (17.7K lbs to 16.7K lbs).
Watford City Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · AIR pathway · TRI years 2022–2023
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows Watford City Plant year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 5% from 2022 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: n-Hexane.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.7K lbs | 6 |
| 2023 | 16.7K lbs | 6 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2022–2023). 2 of 6 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| n-Hexane | 13.8K lbs | - |
| Xylene (mixed isomers) | 8.0K lbs | - |
| Toluene | 5.4K lbs | - |
| Benzene | 3.0K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Ethylbenzene | 2.8K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Methanol | 1.5K lbs | - |
Watford City Plant · AIR-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Watford City Plant
Closest other reporters in North Dakota - including Oneok Rockies Midstream LLC - Grasslands Gas Plant, Lonesome Creek Gas Plant, Halliburton Williston Field Camp (halwest), ordered by distance.
Showing 8 of 93 other reporting facilities in North Dakota.
Similar Natural Gas Processing Facilities
Other Natural Gas Processing facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside North Dakota - e.g. Tornado Gas Plant, Dcp Midstream Lp/sholem Gas Plant, Big Lake Plant.
Compare beyond North Dakota
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Watford City Plant on cumulative reported pounds (34.4K lbs) and distinct chemical count (6). Release-pound peers include Hausner Hard-Chrome of Kentucky, Alltech Inc, Glass Coatings & Concepts. Chemical-count peers include Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd, Leoni Wire Inc, Turf Care Supply-Hatfield Plant. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
Other Kinder Morgan Facilities
Same-parent TRI sites ranked by reported releases - including Bluebell Gas Plant, Altamont Gas Plant-Kinder Morgan, CO2 Extraction Plant.
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include n-Hexane, Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene, Benzene; nearby reporters include Oneok Rockies Midstream LLC - Grasslands Gas Plant. Watford City Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This Watford City Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · AIR · CARC-LEAN · lead n-Hexane) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Watford City Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Alexander, ND, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2022–2023 (2 years). NAICS 211130 · Natural Gas Processing. 0.1% of Mckenzie TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Hausner Hard-Chrome of Kentucky (Δ 14 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Watford City Plant stamps LIGHT volume · AIR pathway · CARC-LEAN · lead n-Hexane. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov