Mountain Valley Pipeline to be completed next year
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Equitrans Midstream recently announced its $5.4 billion Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline will be completed early next year, according to Hydrocarbons Technology.
The Mountain Valley pipeline system stretches across 303 miles from West Virginia to southern Virginia. It will be able to deliver 2 billion cubic feet per day from the Marcellus and Utica shale formations in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia to Mid-Atlantic and south-east markets.
The Mountain Valley had previously been delayed due to regulatory and legal hurdles with environmental and local groups.
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What is fracking?
Fracking is a slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing is a process by which highly pressurized fluid is pumped thousands of feet into the ground to fracture rock formations. The goal is to release the natural gas that’s locked inside the rock.
Is it safe?
What most concerns people about fracturing is ground water contamination. The worry is that fractures underground, caused by the process, will extending upwards and into aquifers, releasing gas and chemicals into the ground water supply. There’s been no confirmed reports of such a thing happening. Though surface spills and drill site blowouts can lead to localized environmental concerns.
Will my water catch on fire?
Flammable water is caused by the release of methane gas into a drinking water supply. Methane gas occurs naturally and can be released by any kind of drilling, including water wells. In Pennsylvania officials fined Chesapeake Energy $1 million for contaminating ground water with methane. It was determined that the company had not properly cemented it’s boreholes and gas migrated up the well, between rock and into aquifers.