O'Brien County, IA among finalists for hub of ethanol pipeline

KTIV - NBC News Channel 4 for the Siouxland
April 9, 2009 09:35 PM CDT

PRIMGHAR, IA (KTIV) - Northwest Iowa could be the starting point for a multi-billion dollar pipeline that would transport ethanol to the East Coast. O'Brien County is one of three areas project executives are seriously considering.

"We have designed three spots in northwest and central Iowa that would be gathering stations," said Bruce Heine, with Magellan.

The other two are Fort Dodge and Mason City. It's not official yet, but if the project moves forward, the pipeline would have multiple points where ethanol plants would have direct connections to it.

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