Energy Transfer pleaded no contest to criminal charges that it polluted waterways and residential water along the Mariner East route in Pennsylvania. The post Energy Transfer pleads no contest to criminal charges related to pollution from Mariner East Pipeline appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter. This post appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter.
Read More...Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro filed criminal charges against the developer of the Mariner East 2 pipeline for waste spilled during the construction of the project on Tuesday, a day after postponing the announcement, according to The Daily Reporter. Shapiro made the announcement at Marsh Creek State Park in Downingtown, where the original news conference
Read More...Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro abruptly canceled a planned news conference on Monday to announce criminal charges against the developer of the Mariner East 2 pipeline, which transports natural gas liquids across the southern portion of the state, according to the Associated Press. The event was scheduled to take place in Marsh Creek State Park
Read More...As part of a Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection consent order and agreement issued Feb. 25, Sunoco Pipeline will have to pay $497,000 for violations connected to the Mariner East 2 pipeline project, according to Farm and Dairy. The company’s infractions include spills of drilling fluids into Snitz Creek in Lebanon County, Pa., and failure
Read More...Energy Transfer LP plans to finish work on its Mariner East 2X natural gas liquids pipeline in Pennsylvania by the end of the year, according to Reuters. The 16-inch Mariner East 2X will add another 250,000 bpd to the Mariner East pipeline system, which transports liquids from the Marcellus and Utica shale fields in western
Read More...Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) “ET Go Home” seems to be the message as the Pennsylvania DEP engages in shameless projection against ET to distract from its own failures. The bad blood between Energy Transfer (ET) and the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) continues. ET’s Sunoco Pipeline subsidiary is desperately trying to complete
Read More...Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) PA DEP hassles Mariner East 2 pipeline project over Snitz Creek spill of what amounts to harmless kitty litter. Once again the Mariner East 2 pipeline project is up Snitz Creek…without a paddle? There have been a number of “inadvertent returns” or mud spills in Snitz Creek, place where
Read More...The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ordered Sunoco/Energy Transfer to reroute its planned Mariner East 2 pipeline route and further assess, investigate and restore resources impacted by the project in Upper Uwchlan Township, according to Daily Local News. The company spilled over 8,000 gallons of drilling fluid in August, creating a 15-foot wide by 8-foot
Read More...The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection fined Energy Transfer LP’s Sunoco Pipeline unit $355,636 for spilling drilling fluid during the construction of its Mariner East 2 natural gas liquids pipeline, according to Reuters. The latest fine for violations in 2018 and 2019 was just the most recent in a series of sanctions against the company
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. A Mariner East protest held the other day was a phony baloney stupid leftist political trick that only got traction within the fractivist echo chamber. Pick an issue, take an empty Capitol Building, organize a couple dozen of the usual suspect serial protestors, give them preprinted signs, coordinate
Read More...Earlier this week, a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled Senator Andrew E. Dinniman lacks the legal standing to challenge the construction and operation of Sunoco’s contentious Mariner East pipeline system, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. The court ordered the Public Utility Commission to dismiss Sen. Dinniman’s complaint, ruling lacked both personal and legislative standing to challenge
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Energy Transfer, developer of the Mariner East pipelines, is the target of many a Southeast Pennsylvania demagogue, but how are they going to handle this? Energy Transfer owns Sunoco Logistics, which has developed the Mariner East pipelines. It has taken an incredible amount of abuse from Southeastern Pennsylvanian
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. A troubling pattern of donations to Sen. Andy Dinniman campaigns raises question of whose special interests he’s representing against Mariner East pipelines. Pennsylvania Senator “Absent” Andy Dinniman is a caricature of the classic politician who pompously talks about the people’s interests. But, is that who he’s really representing
Read More...A sinkhole with a 12-foot diameter was discovered along the route of the Mariner East 2 pipeline along Baltimore Pike near the state police barracks in Delaware County, Pa., on Wednesday, according to the Daily Times. Although no leaks, damage or injuries were reported in relation to the sinkhole, the township launched an investigation to look
Read More...The Chester County commissioner recently announced they are seeking to join a lawsuit against Sunoco’s Mariner East pipeline and the intent to end an agreement to grant the company access to county land, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. Earlier this year, the Chester County commissioners notified the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission about growing concern over
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