Natural gas flowing in Leach XPress pipeline
Friday, February 9, 2018
The Leach XPress pipeline is now operational, according to The Parkersburg News and Sentinel. Marcellus and Utica shale natural gas is now flowing through the $1.6 billion project from the MarkWest Majorsville facility in Marshall County to Ceredo, W.Va., near Huntington.
TransCanada Corp. put the 36-inch diameter pipeline into service last month. It can transport about 1.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day — enough energy to provide electricity for more than 36,000 homes.
The Leach XPress originates at the MarkWest processing plant at Majorsville. It then travels southwest through Marshall County to the Ohio River.
Learn more: The Parkersburg News and Sentinel > Leach XPress up and running
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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.
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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.
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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.