Hoeven: FERC Approves North Bakken Expansion Pipeline 06/03/2021 | 12:23pm EDT Send by mail : Message : 06.03.21 BISMARCK, N.D. - Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved WBI Energy's proposed North Bakken Expansion Pipeline. Hoeven has been working to secure approval for the $260 million natural gas expansion project, which will help to reduce flaring in the Bakken and provide an additional 250 million cubic feet per day of natural gas takeaway capacity for operators in the region. After FERC's consideration of new pipeline approvals appeared to stall since October 2020, Hoeven led a bipartisan group of 25 senators in April in calling on FERC to act on vital energy infrastructure projects by reviewing the North Bakken Expansion project and 13 other natural gas pipeline infrastructure projects pending before the Commission. The North Dakota delegation had earlier expressed their support for the project and urged FERCto take timely action on the project.