Enbridge Energy said Thursday it has dropped its proposal to build the Sandpiper crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota. Then last month Enbridge said it was investing in a different pipeline that would transport North Dakota crude south to Texas, and that it would re-evaluate Sandpiper once that deal was done. Enbridge Energy Partners President Mark Maki told reporters that "unprecedented regulatory delays had plagued the project." Enbridge has said the state's regulatory process was delaying Sandpiper and another project, a replacement pipeline to carry Canadian crude oil across northern Minnesota. Enbridge and Marathon had invested $800 million in Sandpiper, including money for pipeline and regulatory efforts.

Source: ABC News September 01, 2016 22:52 UTC