Continental Resources Inc. and Energy Transfer LP executives said Wednesday the future prospects for the Bakken Shale are strong, and they expect the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) to continue to serve the region’s oil producers.  

Speaking at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in Bismarck, ND, Continental Executive Chairman Harold Hamm and Energy Transfer CEO Kelcy Warren discussed the outlook for Energy Transfer’s DAPL, the outlook or U.S. energy, as well as and the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline.

Hamm said Continental is not planning a “huge ramp up” in the Bakken this year, “but we’re certainly getting back to business. We’re completing everything  we’re drilling.” The company has acquired assets in the Powder River Basin, but the Bakken remains...