Enbridge suspends pursuit of Sandpiper Pipeline approval

SUPERIOR, Wis. -- Enbridge announced late Thursday the company will withdraw its applications with Minnesota regulators for the Sandpiper Pipeline and delay the project for at least five years.

The company said the pipeline should be delayed until North Dakota oil production recovers sufficiently to support the need for the pipeline.

Enbridge Energy Partners and Marathon Petroleum Corp. announced last month a plan to acquire a portion of the Dakota Access Pipeline in a $2 billion deal that would leave Enbridge’s Sandpiper Pipeline without an anchor customer.

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