The Mariner East Pipeline system, including Mariner East 1 (ME1), Mariner East 2 (ME2), and Mariner East 2X (ME2X), completed construction and went online in the first quarter of 2022 (see All Construction for Mariner East 2 Pipeline Now Done, Online 1Q). Pipeline operators like Energy Transfer (ET), the builder and operator of the ME…
Read More...In 2015, Kelsy Warren and his Energy Transfer Equity (now just Energy Transfer) company pursued Williams, wanting to merge Williams into its operation. Williams initially fought ET tooth and nail, but in the end, caved and cut a deal (see Williams Accepts ETE’s “Indecent Proposal” – Price Went Down $10B). Without recounting all the sordid…
Read More...On February 14, 2022, Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals, L.P. (ETMT) applied to expand the company’s ethane chilling capacity at the Marcus Hook Terminal (MHT) from approximately 75,000 barrels per day (bpd) to approximately 85,000 bpd. Because the facility is located in a so-called Environmental Justice (EJ) area, the DEP is conducting an even more…
Read More...Some really big news hit yesterday. U.S. pipeline giant Energy Transfer (ET), builder of the Rover and Mariner East pipeline systems here in the Marcellus/Utica, is buying out and merging in Crestwood Equity Partners, a major pipeline company with operations in the Permian, Bakken, and Powder River Basin. ET will acquire Crestwood in an all-equity…
Read More...Energy Transfer (ET) is one of the country’s largest midstream (pipeline) companies. ET is the builder and operator of important pipelines in the Marcellus/Utica region, including Rover, natgas pipeline through Ohio delivering M-U molecules to the Midwest, Canada, and beyond, and the Mariner East pipelines that deliver NGLs from Eastern Ohio and PA to the…
Read More...The problem with the pay-for-protection scam is that it never stops. A mobster comes calling on a business, and for a “small” and regular fee, the mobster will guarantee nothing “happens” to the business. “Just think of it as insurance.” It’s a shakedown–a scam. And over the years, the price keeps going up. What if…
Read More...One of the challenges faced by Energy Transfer in building its Mariner East 2 (ME2) pipeline (two pipelines) to transport NGLs from southwestern PA and eastern OH to the Marcus Hook refinery near Philadelphia was the terrain in Chester County, near Philly. The area has a karst topography–think of it as Swiss cheese underground, where…
Read More...NGLs, or natural gas liquids, are an essential revenue stream for Marcellus/Utica drillers in the “wet gas” regions of the play. Those regions are found in southwestern Pennsylvania, the northern panhandle of West Virginia, and eastern Ohio. There are several pipelines that flow M-U NGLs to other regions or to export facilities. Among them is…
Read More...U.S. Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09) joined Congressman Troy Nehls (TX-22) for a roundtable discussion and tour of Energy Transfer’s Marcus… Continue reading The post PA & TX Congressmen Tour Philly’s Marcus Hook NGL Facility first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Residents living in the vicinity of Energy Transfer’s Revolution Pipeline cryogenic plant in Bulger (Washington County), PA, got a surprise… Continue reading The post Revolution Processing Plant Xmas Explosion Caused by Leaky Valve first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Residents living in the vicinity of Energy Transfer’s Revolution Pipeline cryogenic plant in Bulger (Washington County), PA, got a nasty… Continue reading The post Revolution Cryogenic Plant Partially Restarts Following Explosion first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Residents living in the vicinity of Energy Transfer’s Revolution Pipeline cryogenic plant in Bulger (Washington County), PA, got a nasty… Continue reading The post ET Revolution Cryogenic Processing Plant Explodes in PA on Xmas first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Husband and wife Ronald and Jane Shawley, who live in Cambria County, PA, filed a lawsuit against the Mariner East… Continue reading The post Cambria Landowners Sue ME Pipe for Allegedly Polluting Water Well first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...In August, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro (a confirmed shale energy hater who becomes Governor on Jan. 1), announced that… Continue reading The post Shapiro Announces Water Testing for Homes Affected by ME Pipeline first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Gulf Run Transmission LLC received the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) stamp of approval on Wednesday to place the Gulf… Continue reading The post FERC Approves Startup of ET Pipe Connecting M-U Gas to Gulf Coast first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
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