Hoeven, Pipeline Authority, Industry Officials Outline Petroleum Infrastructure Progress

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Hoeven, Pipeline Authority, Industry Officials Outline Petroleum Infrastructure Progress

Gov. John Hoeven today was joined by petroleum and pipeline industry leaders, Oil and Gas Division Director Lynn Helms and Pipeline Authority Director Justin Kringstad to outline current and scheduled progress in expanding the state's oil and gas production and processing infrastructure.

Also joining Hoeven were Kevin Hatfield of Enbridge Pipeline Inc.; Tad True of True Pipeline Companies; Wayne Biberdorf of Hess; and John Berger, Manager of Tesoro Refinery in Mandan.

"We are working to ensure that our infrastructure keeps pace with our growing production of oil and gas," Hoeven said. "We have made sustained progress in both the transportation and processing of our petroleum resources, and we are working to keep pace with growing production in the future."

Expansions completed and underway today were initiated in April 2006, when Hoeven hosted a broad-based summit of oil and gas industry principals to help address the challenge of increasing pipeline capacity in western North Dakota. Summit participants included U.S. and Canadian oil industry officials, pipeline companies, petroleum producers, railroad officials and state legislators. Among the options they implemented were the Enbridge Pipeline expansion; transport or crude by rail; expand oil refining capacity; and a Pipeline Transportation Authority, which was established in the last legislative session.

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