Energy Transfer defends request for permission to expand Dakota Access pipeline

Representatives of Energy Transfer, the Texas-based company that built the Dakota Access oil pipeline, arrived in Linton, North Dakota earlier this week to make a case for their plan to expand the system. Energy Transfer is seeking permission to build compressor stations that would boost the pipeline’s throughput capacity from 570,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 1.1 million bpd.

Posted by Jennifer Delay Iacullo

Jennifer DeLay Iacullo is a freelance writer specializing in global oil, gas, and power engineering topics. She has covered the energy industry of the former Soviet Union, China, Africa, Latin America and North America for more than 20 years. She lives in Atlanta with her family.

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