Bakken gas pipeline gets federal nod Jun 4, 2021 3:00:pm Summary by: Daniel Graeber Posted in: Bakken gas pipeline gets federal nod A pipeline subsidiary of MDU Resources said June 3 it had secured federal approvals for a pipeline expansion project meant to deliver associated gas from the Bakken shale formation in North Dakota. The subsidiary, WBI Energy, received a certificate of convenience and necessity from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for its North Bakken Expansion project, which could deliver as much as 250mn ft 3/d of natural gas from the Bakken shale. "Pipelines remain the safest way to move natural gas around the country, and this project is vital to capturing natural gas that is produced – and currently flared – as an associated product of oil production in the Bakken,” MDU Resources CEO David L. Goodin said.