Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

Navigator outlines pipeline plans in O'Brien County

Line would intersect SW of Hartley

The details of a proposed pipeline that would cross portions of both O'Brien and Clay counties became a little clearer last week.

Representatives from the Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) and Navigator CO2 Ventures LLC held an informational meeting Dec. 1 in Sheldon. The presentation outlined the intent and scope of the Heartland Greenway pipeline, which would carry liquid CO2 from ethanol and fertilizer plants in five Midwest states to an underground sequestration site in Illinois.

Locally, the pipeline's route would extend 63.21 miles in O'Brien County with a conversion point southwest of Hartley....