NEXUS gains federal approval for wider startup
Monday, November 5, 2018
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave Enbridge approval to put more of the NEXUS natural gas pipeline into service, according to Seeking Alpha.
The FERC’s approval included the Clyde compressor station in Sandusky County, Ohio, but not the Wadsworth compressor station in Medina County, Ohio. The commission will reconsider the company’s request to place the Wadsworth facility into service once NEXUS demonstrates restoration progress at that facility.
Once the 255-mile project is fully in service, it will be able to carry as much as 1.5B cf/day of gas from the Marcellus and Utica shale fields to the U.S. Midwest, Gulf Coast and Ontario.
Learn more: Seeking Alpha > FERC approves wider startup of Enbridge’s NEXUS gas pipeline
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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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