The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved three significant natural gas pipeline projects in Louisiana and North Dakota, overruling concerns from Democratic commissioners that the agency fell short in its climate change analysis of the proposals.
WBI Energy, Inc., the pipeline subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, Inc. (NYSE: MDU), on Tuesday received an order from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issuing a certificate of public convenience and necessity on the North Bakken Expansion project, a natural gas pipeline expansion with capacity to transport 250 million cubic feet of natural gas per day from the Bakken in North Dakota.
As the Trump administration pushed hard for new LNG export terminals, some engineers warned that the risk of a major explosion was being played down. Federal regulators have been slow to respond.