St. Louis-based Spire Buying ‘Responsible’ Utica Gas from Ascent

In 2016 Laclede Group (later renamed to Spire), a St. Louis-based natural gas utility, said it planned to build a 65-mile pipeline from St. Louis through southwest Illinois and connect to the Rockies Express (REX) and Panhandle Eastern Pipeline (see New Midwest Pipeline to Tap REX’s Marcellus/Utica Gas). The new pipeline was designed to flow low-cost Marcellus and Utica Shale gas from REX to the utility--not only for resale to gas customers, but also potentially for new natgas-powered electric plants. That pipeline, Spire STL, went online in late 2019 (see Spire Pipeline Ready to Flow Marcellus/Utica Gas to St. Louis). Another Spire subsidiary, Spire Marketing, has just brokered a deal with Ascent Resources to buy Ascent's RSG (certified "responsibly sourced gas") from the Ohio Utica to flow through Spire STL for resale to Spire's customers.

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