MDU Resources Group Reaches Positive Final Investment Decision For MDU Resources Subsidiary, WBI Energy, To Construct Bakken East Pipeline Project

MDU Resources Group, Inc. (NYSE: MDU) has made a positive Final Investment Decision (FID) for its subsidiary WBI Energy to construct the Bakken East Pipeline Project. The pipeline, with an initial design capacity of 1.4 Bcf per day, will span approximately 350 miles from the Bakken region in western North Dakota to near Fargo in the east. The decision is based on secured customer commitments and is expected to provide strategic and economic benefits to North Dakota and the surrounding region.