North Dakota crude oil production is too low to support the development of the planned east-bound Sandpiper pipeline, Enbridge Energy announced. “Enbridge Energy Partners has completed a review of Sandpiper and concluded that the project should be delayed until such time as crude oil production in North Dakota recovers sufficiently to support development of new pipeline capacity,” the company said in a statement. Enbridge Energy Partners and Marathon Petroleum Corp. established a joint venture in early August to acquire a stake in the Bakken Pipeline system, a system that links the North Dakota oil fields to regional networks. They said at the time that once the acquisition cleared, the companies […]