WBI to receive $500M state financial guarantee to build natural gas pipeline in North Dakota
Kelly Armstrong speaks during the Aug. 21, 2025, Industrial Commission meeting. Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor
Justin Kringstad, executive director of the North Dakota Pipeline Authority, and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring listen to discussion about two pipeline project proposals during the Aug. 21, 2025, meeting of the North Dakota Industrial Commission. Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor
The North Dakota Industrial Commission has awarded WBI Energy an up to $500 million financial guarantee to build a pipeline that will bring natural gas to the state’s eastern communities.
WBI’s project, which it calls Bakken East, is expected to transport about 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day to eastern North Dakota.
Bringing natural gas from the Bakken to the eastern part of the state w…
