PHMSA Forces TETCO Pipe to Throttle 40% of M-U Southbound Gas
Enbridge’s Texas Eastern Transmission (TETCO) pipeline is a major conduit for Marcellus/Utica gas to flow southward, all the way to the Gulf Coast. It is a vital link south, especially since Equitrans’ Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) won’t be ready until the middle of 2022. Unfortunately the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) has denied TETCO approval to continue operating at its maximum allowable pressure, which means roughly 3/4 of a billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of capacity is now gone for the foreseeable future. That equals some 40% of the pipeline’s southbound capacity.
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Leftists in states like California, Washington, and New York either already have, or are attempting to, outlaw the use of natural gas by homes and businesses. The first step they take is to disallow any new buildings to be connected to natural gas delivery lines. Eventually, they will force existing customers to stop using natural gas and force them to use electricity instead for heating and cooking. Or simply go without heat and cooking (they really don’t care). Leftists are drunk with their own power to force other people to do what they want them to do. Meanwhile, other states, like Texas, Florida, and many others are blocking efforts to block natural gas. The pro-gas states are actually winning the gas-ban war.
Yesterday the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) submitted an advisory bulletin to the Federal Register. The notice is for pipeline operators. It reminds them that PHMSA has a very big stick that the agency intends to use to force pipeline owners to clamp down on fugitive methane emissions. PHMSA is using the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (PIPES) Act of 2020, passed and signed during the waning days of the Trump administration, as a big stick to force expensive upgrades to capture every last molecule of CH4, supposedly to cut down on man-made global warming.
It’s been too long (months!) since we’ve last updated our calendar of events page. We updated it as of today. Below is the list of events we are aware of that will be of interest to those with an interest in the Marcellus/Utica shale region for the balance of 2021. Some events are in the region (PA, OH, WV). Some are not (TX, MA, other states). And some are virtual/online. All of them are of potential interest to the MDN audience.
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Tribe sues to stop New York hydrogen plant; NATIONAL: Unsettled: A book that ought to open some liberal minds, but will it?; A bad week for big oil and its ominous consequences for America; INTERNATIONAL: Biden Secretary of State calls Nord Stream 2 done deal; Worley bags Shell hydrogen deal.