Delmarva Pipeline
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Delmarva Pipeline is a shelved fossil gas pipeline in Maryland and Virginia.[1]
Location
The pipeline would run from Rising Sun, Maryland, USA to Accomack, Virginia, USA.[1][2]
Project Details
- Owner: H4 Capital Partners LLC[3][4]
- Proposed capacity:
- Length: 305.8 kilometers / 190 miles[5]
- Diameter: 8, 24 inches[3]
- Status: Shelved
- Cost: US$1.3 billion[3]
- Start Year: 2024[5]
Background
The Delmarva Pipeline is a shelved natural gas pipeline that would run along Maryland's entire eastern shore. Community resistance was organized through No! Eastern Shores Pipeline, a local activist group.[1] The proposed Delmarva Pipeline would travel 190 miles from Rising Sun down the Eastern Shore, passing through eight of the Shore's nine counties and substantial amounts of farmland. Local activists warned that while "the gas industry will surely profit, Maryland will suffer scarred landscapes, air and waterways pollution and risks to local livelihoods."[6]
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan received criticism for his inconsistent energy policies. While he signed legislation banning fracking in the state, he also publicly supported the Delmarva Pipeline.[6]
In February of 2018, a Maryland Department of the Environment spokesman said that the project was likely to wind up in a lengthy permitting review in Maryland. Maps of the pipeline suggest it would have to cross several rivers that feed into the Chesapeake Bay, and it would encounter wetlands.[7] In total, the Delmarva Pipeline would have 172 stream crossings and 579 traverses of wetlands, according to an article and map published by FrackTracker.[8]
Despite strong resistance from local groups, Maryland's Board of Public Works permitted the pipeline to cross three waterways.[9]
The project was expected to be completed in 2021[10][8] and to begin operations in 2024.[5] However, as of 2024, there have been no relevant developments regarding the project since 2021, and it is considered to be shelved.
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Proposed Delmarva Pipeline: Environmental or Economic Justice Concern?, FracTracker, September 6, 2018
- ↑ National Energy and Petrochemical Map , FracTracker, February 28, 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 FarmProgress (February 13, 2024). "190-mile natural gas pipeline planned for rural Delmarva". FarmProgress. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Cox, Jeremy (2018-10-24). "Pipeline proposals to test Delmarva's appetite for natural gas". Bay Journal. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Oil pipeline profile: Delmarva gas pipeline, US". Offshore Technology. 21 July, 2023. Retrieved 08 August, 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 Monica O'Connor, Monica O'Connor: Gov. Larry Hogan's support of a Maryland fracking ban camouflages a pro-fracking policy, The Capital Gazette, April 29, 2018
- ↑ Jeremy Cox, Rural Delmarva may get $1.3B natural gas pipeline, 13 News Now, February 5, 2018
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Edelstein, Karen (06 September, 2018). "The proposed Delmarva pipeline: Environmental or Economic Justice concern?". Fractracker. Retrieved 08 August, 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Cox, Jeremy. "Maryland approves gas pipeline, saying switch to total renewable energy will be incremental". Bay Journal. Retrieved 2022-01-11.
- ↑ "Eastern Shore Pipeline Faces Opposition and Support". WBOC. 19 June, 2018. Retrieved 08 August, 2023.
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