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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...The Revolution Pipeline resumed service in western Pennsylvania after being offline for more than two years following an explosion in Beaver County, according to Farm and Dairy. The Pennsylvania Department of Energy received a notice from ETC Northeast Pipeline, stating that the 40.5-mile natural gas pipeline would be put back into service March 1. On Sept.
Read More...On Monday morning, a third sinkhole developed along the construction route of the Mariner East pipeline in Sleighton Park in Middletown township, Pa, according to the Daily Local News. The sinkhole was discovered at approximately 2:30 a.m. by Sunoco in a spot adjacent to the location the first sinkhole, which was reported on Sept. 13.
Read More...Sunoco has been issued two penalties from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for violations that occurred during the construction of the Mariner East Pipeline, which runs through the southern portion of the state, according to 69 News. Sunoco was fined more than $313,000 for alleged violations in 2017 and 2018. The DEP said the
Read More...The Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline has run into another problem, being cited for “unsafe construction practices at work sites” by the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, according to Kallanish Energy. According to the PHMSA, the company failed to follow written specifications or standards in ditching and laying pipe. Dominion Energy Transmission has
Read More...Enbridge Inc recently announced it is working on a plan to put in service a couple of pipelines adjacent to the Texas Eastern natural gas pipeline in Kentucky that exploded Aug. 1, causing one casualty, according to Reuters. The company did not specify when the two pipelines would return to service. However, it announced earlier
Read More...Enbridge Inc has closed the section of its Texas Eastern pipe that killed one person when it exploded on Thursday, so it can work with federal and state officials to investigate the incident, according to Reuters. The explosion occurred near Danville, Kentucky, marking the second so far this year on the Texas Eastern system. The
Read More...A gas line explosion in a residential community in rural Kentucky killed on person and set several houses on fire early Thursday morning, according to Reuters. Flames from the blast rose about 300 feet in the air, Lexington television station WKYT reported. The woman killed in the explosion was found outside her home, according to
Read More...The Bureau of Investigation & Enforcement, a division of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, is continuing to investigate a pipeline explosion that occurred in Clarion County on May 28, according to the Farm and Dairy. The explosion damaged a home and a greenhouse along Pipe Run Road in Mayport and sent one person to the
Read More...Earlier this month, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s public release of an Environmental Assessment for the Buckeye Xpress Project commenced a 30-day comment period, according to a press release from the USDA Forest Service. Columbia Gas’ proposed project involves 66.1 miles of 36-inch diameter natural gas pipeline in southeast Ohio, which would replace and expand existing
Read More...EdgeMarc Energy Holdings, an independent producer backed by Goldman Sachs’s private equity arm and the Ontario Teachers Pension Fund, is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, following an explosion in Energy Transfer’s Revolution Pipeline in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, according to Kallanish Energy. “Since the explosion of the Revolution pipeline in 2018, EdgeMarc’s production has been significantly
Read More...Last week the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ordered ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC to identify and restore or mitigate all streams and wetlands that it illegally eliminated or altered during the construction of the Revolution Pipeline, according to a DEP press release. During the construction of the pipeline, ETC illegally eliminated at least 23 streams
Read More...Dominion Energy recently announced plans to resume work on the Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to North Carolina in the third quarter to have it completed by early 2021, according to Reuters. However, the company still needs to resolve two major legal challenges before it can complete the pipeline, which was put
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