March 2014, Vol. 241 No. 3

Projects

WBI Energy Plans 375-Mile Gas Pipeline

WBI Energy, Inc., the pipeline and energy services subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, Inc. plans to construct a 375-mile natural gas pipeline stretching from western North Dakota to northwestern Minnesota and an open season seeking capacity commitments has begun. Rapidly growing natural gas production in western North Dakota, coupled with increasing demand from industrial, commercial and residential markets in eastern North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and other Midwest markets, has generated strong interest in the Dakota Pipeline from potential shippers. “This project provides access to markets in the Mid-Continent and Great Lakes regions of the U.S. We have b