Ohio Valley Connector Expansion (click for larger version)
As part of yesterday’s fourth quarter and full-year 2021 update, Equitrans Midstream announced it recently filed a new pipeline expansion project with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Called the Ohio Valley Connector Expansion Project (or OVCX), the $160 million project will add compression along Equitrans pipelines in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia that allow the company to flow an extra 350 MMcf/d (million cubic feet per day) of natural gas. It appears OVCX is Equitrans’ “plan B” if the ultimate horror happens and Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) can’t be completed.
