North Dakota’s Industrial Commission has extended the deadline for pipeline companies to apply for a grant for a natural gas pipeline, which would run from the Bakken to eastern North Dakota. The deadline is now December 15th.
An August 15th deadline passed with no bids received. But state Pipeline Authority director Justin Kringstad says that doesn’t mean companies aren’t interested.
Kringstad says there are challenges – including construction inflation. And he says it takes a number of “players” to make something like this happen.
Kringstad says the economic potential is still there, if the pipeline is built.
The 2021 Legislature set aside $150 million for the project. $10 million of that will be used for a connection to Grand Forks from the Viking Pipeline in Minnesota.
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