Oil & Gas Industry Cheers Trump's Election

SUGAR LAND--November 17, 2016--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Donald Trump's election as president was widely praised by Oil & Gas companies and trade groups, and the company trying to build the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline project predicted the president-elect would push through construction of the stalled project.

"I'm 100% sure that the pipeline will be approved by a Trump administration," Kelcy Warren, chief executive of Energy Transfer Partners L.P. (NYSE:ETP) (Dallas, Texas), which is developing the $3.7 billion project, told NBC News. "I believe we will have a government in place that believes in energy infrastructure."

Other companies featured: Continental Resources Incorporated (NYSE:CLR), EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP)