Minnesota regulators plan to conduct a longer, contested process for granting the project a key permit. (Bloomberg) — Enbridge Inc.’s replacement and expansion of its Line 3 crude-oil pipeline faces more potential delays after Minnesota regulators said they’ll conduct a longer, contested process for granting the project a key permit. The deadline for the project’s Water Quality Certificate Permit was extended to Nov. 14, from a previous target of Aug. 15, Calgary-based Enbridge said Wednesday. The company said it will continue to work with other permitting agencies to try to allow for construction to begin this year. The longer permitting process is just the latest setback for a project that has faced opposition from environmentalists and indigenous groups and already was pushed back by at least a year because of regulatory hurdles. The C$9 billion ($6.7 billion) Line 3 expansion would add 370,000 barrels of daily shipping capacity from […]