Columbia Pipeline Group to finish 15 pipeline projects by 2020
Saturday, May 23, 2015
In the next five years, Columbia Pipeline Group intends to spend $10 billion in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, Columbus Business First reports.
Columbia Pipeline Group, which is separating from Columbia Gas of Ohio, is a spinoff of NiSource. The company has 15 pipeline projects that will be online by 2020.
One of Columbia Pipeline Group’s pipeline projects is the Leach Xpress Pipeline. According to the newspaper, it will begin in West Virginia and travel through southeastern Ohio and southwestern Pennsylvania.
Via: Columbus Business First > NiSource pipeline spinoff spending billions in Ohio, surrounding states
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