Mountaineer Xpress pipeline will transport Utica and Marcellus natural gas
Monday, September 28, 2015
Columbia Pipeline is looking to move gas from the Utica and Marcellus shale plays in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, Columbus Business First reports.
The Mountaineer Xpress pipeline project would cost $2 billion and could be completed and online by November 2018. In 2017, construction on 171 miles of pipeline and three compressor stations could begin, as well as modifications to existing compressor stations.
The pipeline will be built from Marshall County, West Virginia, to Cabell County, West Virginia. The pipeline’s transmission system could transport 2.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day.
In July 2015, NiSource Inc. and Columbia Pipeline Group became independent companies. NiSource is the parent company of Columbia Gas of Ohio.
Via: Columbus Business First > Columbia Pipeline files for $2 billion Utica, Marcellus gas pipeline
More about Columbia Pipeline Group:
- Columbia Pipeline Group to finish 15 pipeline projects by 2020 May 23, 2015
- NiSource, Columbia Pipeline Group outline post-separation performance outlooks May 14, 2015
- Transaction of former Columbia Gas Transmission assets in Ohio valued at approximately $59.2 million Feb. 12, 2015
- Pipeline project to benefit Ohio, W.Va. Aug. 18, 2014
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