Mountaineer XPress Gas Pipeline

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Mountaineer XPress Gas Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline under construction in West Virginia.[1]

Location

The pipeline would runs from Marshall County to Wayne County, West Virginia.[2][3]

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Project Details

  • Operator: TC Energy[4]
  • Current capacity: 2.7 billion cubic feet per day[5][6]
  • Length: 170 miles[7][8][6]
  • Diameter: 26, 36 inches[9][8][10]
  • Status: Operating
  • Start Year: 2019[7][4]
  • Cost: Originally US$2.06 billion, later updated to US$3.03 billion[11][6]

Background

Mountaineer XPress Gas Pipeline would add 170 miles of pipeline to West Virginia. Mountaineer XPress received its final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in July of 2017. As of January 2018, the project has yet to receive additional approvals from other agencies before FERC can issue an authorization for Mountaineer XPress to begin construction.

The full pipeline was completed and placed into service in March 2019.[7] Service began on 119 miles of the pipeline in January 2019.[12]

Environmental Impact

In November 2018 TC Energy's subsidiary Columbia Gas agreed to pay $122,500 for 16 environmental violations that have occurred during construction of the pipeline, including failing to keep sediment-laden water from running off the site, and preventing against erosion.[13]

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References

  1. Mountaineer XPress Gas Pipeline, TransCanada, accessed September 2017
  2. Mountaineer XPress Project, TransCanada, accessed January 2018
  3. National Energy and Petrochemical Map , FracTracker, February 28, 2020
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Mountaineer Xpress, US". Offshore Technology. 02 November, 2021. Retrieved 10 August, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "U.S. Natural Gas Output Rises After Mountaineer Express Pipeline Returns". pgjonline.com. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Natural Gas Data - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)". www.eia.gov. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 TransCanada. "Mountaineer XPress Project reaches major milestone". www.tcenergy.com. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Projects: Mountaineer Xpress Pipeline". Alpha Three. Retrieved 09 August, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. "TransCanada's (TRP) Mountaineer Xpress Project Comes Online". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  10. "Mountaineer Xpress Pipeline Project, West Virginia". NS Energy Business. Retrieved 09 August, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "FERC Approves 49% Increase in Mountaineer XPress Pipeline Rates". Natural Gas Intelligence. Retrieved 2022-02-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. Weber, Maya; McManus, John; Gunter, Grant (2019-01-16). "Columbia gets FERC go-ahead for partial service on Mountaineer XPress gas project". www.spglobal.com. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  13. Mountaineer Xpress pipeline agrees to environmental penalties, West Virginia Gazette Mail, Nov. 26, 2018

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