FERC backs North Bakken Expansion, Line CP, Gulf Run natural gas projects

摘要

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission June 1 granted certificateauthorizations to three natural gas pipeline projects, including WBIEnergy Transmission’s 92.5-mile, 250 MMcf/d North Bakken Expansion,which had drawn repeated requests for commission action fromproject supporters.The WBI project in North Dakota would provide incremental firmcapacity from six gas processing plants to a proposed interconnectwith Northern Border Pipeline (CP20-52). WBI in February and Marchhad pressed FERC to act promptly to enable the project to meet a Nov.1 in-service target, and US lawmakers from North Dakota later joined inpressing for a decision.