After a three-month shutdown Energy Transfer Partners LP was finally about to announce the Mariner East 1 resumed service Tuesday, according to WFMZ News.
The Mariner East 1 was shutdown by state regulators in January a sinkhole in January that exposed a portion of the pipeline. Following its investigation, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission said it found no evidence the nearly 90-year-old pipeline was destabilized around the sinkhole in West Whiteland Township, Chester County and reported Energy Transfer has agreed to stronger safety measures.
The 350-mile, 8-inch pipeline carries natural gas liquids from Utica and Marcellus shale drilling fields across 17 counties in southern Pennsylvania.
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