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EQT Seeks to Build 3 Miles of Gathering Pipe in Lycoming County, PA

EQT Corporation wants to build three miles of gathering pipeline to a well pad in Cascade Township, Lycoming County, PA. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) published a notice in Saturday’s Pennsylvania Bulletin inviting comments on a Chapter 105 Encroachment permit for a three-mile-long, 8-inch natural gas gathering pipeline being constructed on a 50-foot-wide right-of-way. Read More “EQT Seeks to Build 3 Miles of Gathering Pipe in Lycoming County, PA”

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Antis Get the Band Back Together to Fight NY Constitution Pipeline

We spotted a couple of stories, one by PBS and another by the financial publication Barron’s, covering the “groundswell” of opposition to resurrecting the 124-mile Pennsylvania-to-New York Constitution Pipeline project. According to a letter signed by “233 environmental and community groups,” the proposed pipeline poses “a serious threat to state sovereignty.” Here’s the first thing to note: Enviro-lefties file paperwork to form a “group” of one or two people. It looks great on letterhead to list hundreds of organizations, implying thousands of people. However, it would be more accurate to say “233 individuals” instead of 233 groups of people. At any rate, we will repeat an observation we have made almost since beginning to write the MDN site in 2009: Many in the anti-fracking and anti-pipeline movement are old (sometimes young) hippies looking to relive the glory days of Vietnam protests. Read More “Antis Get the Band Back Together to Fight NY Constitution Pipeline”

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Texas Gas Project to Build ~180 Miles of Greenfield Pipe in OH Utica

Last week MDN brought you the great news that Boardwalk Pipeline Partners launched an open season to offer an extra 2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of capacity along its 5,975-mile Texas Gas Transmission pipeline network that stretches from Ohio to Louisiana, running through Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Arkansas along the way (see Texas Gas Pipe Expanding to Flow Extra 2 Bcf/d of M-U Gas to La.). What we didn’t know at the time (not referenced in the Boardwalk announcement) is that the Borealis Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion Project, as it is called, will include building roughly 180 miles of new greenfield pipeline that spans nearly the entire length of Southern Ohio. Read More “Texas Gas Project to Build ~180 Miles of Greenfield Pipe in OH Utica”

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FERC Approves 122-Mile East Tennessee Pipe Project for TVA Plant

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally-owned electric utility corporation in the U.S. TVA’s service area covers all of Tennessee, portions of Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, and small areas of Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia. TVA is the country’s sixth-largest power supplier and the largest public utility company. In May 2023, TVA announced that it would convert the Kingston Fossil Plant (coal-fired plant) in East Tennessee to a natural gas-fired plant capable of generating 1,500 megawatts of electricity (see TVA Proposes NatGas Power Plant, 122-Mile Pipeline for East Tenn.). The project includes contracting with Enbridge subsidiary East Tennessee Natural Gas Pipeline to build a new 122-mile pipeline, called the Ridgeline Expansion Project. Good news for the pipeline portion of the project: Last Wednesday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) fully approved the project. Read More “FERC Approves 122-Mile East Tennessee Pipe Project for TVA Plant”

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TETCO Pipeline to Flow M-U to Country’s Largest Gas Power Plant

Last week, MDN brought you the exciting news that THE largest gas-fired power plant in the country, along with a MASSIVE data center complex, will be built at a former coal-fired power plant site in Indiana County, PA (see Largest Gas-Fired Power Plant in the U.S. Coming in Western Pa.). The site will be transformed into a more than 3,200-acre natural gas-powered data center campus, complete with a 4.5 gigawatt Marcellus-fired power plant. We have an update on that important project—news of the pipeline company that will connect and flow Marcellus/Utica molecules to it… Read More “TETCO Pipeline to Flow M-U to Country’s Largest Gas Power Plant”

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Pipeline Co. Aspire Energy of Ohio Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Ten years ago, MDN told you that Chesapeake Utilities, a diversified energy company with businesses in natural gas distribution, transmission and marketing, electricity distribution, propane distribution and wholesale marketing (nothing to do with Chesapeake Energy) had purchased a small midstream company in Ohio—Gatherco, Inc (see Chesapeake Utilities Buys OH Midstream Co, Targets Shale Industry). The motivation for the purchase was to target the Utica Shale industry in Ohio. On April 1, 2015, Chesapeake Utilities announced the deal was done, and Gatherco had been renamed and merged with Chesapeake subsidiary Aspire Energy of Ohio (see Chesapeake Utilities Completes $59M Purchase of OH Midstream Co.). Chesapeake Utilities took the occasion of the 10th anniversary of that purchase to toot its own horn about Aspire Energy. Read More “Pipeline Co. Aspire Energy of Ohio Celebrates 10th Anniversary”

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Texas Gas Pipe Expanding to Flow Extra 2 Bcf/d of M-U Gas to La.

This is VERY exciting news! Boardwalk Pipeline Partners announced yesterday an open season to offer an extra 2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of capacity along its 5,975-mile Texas Gas Transmission pipeline network that stretches from Ohio to Louisiana, running through Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Arkansas along the way. According to the announcement, the expanded capacity’s express purpose is to connect Marcellus/Utica gas supplies with growing demand from electric utilities, LNG exporters, industrial users, and data centers in the Midwest and Gulf Coast. Read More “Texas Gas Pipe Expanding to Flow Extra 2 Bcf/d of M-U Gas to La.”

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Transco Southeast Energy Connector in Alabama Now Live for M-U Gas

Yesterday, pipeline giant Williams announced the successful commissioning of two Transco pipeline projects that can flow Marcellus/Utica gas to the southeast and Gulf Coast. The Southeast Energy Connector in Alabama supports the conversion of electric power generation in Alabama from coal to natural gas. It provides 150 MMcf/d of natural gas to meet the area’s clean energy needs. The Texas to Louisiana Energy Pathway along the Gulf Coast expands Transco’s capacity in Texas and Louisiana by 364 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) to support reliability and diversification of energy infrastructure along the Gulf Coast, namely for LNG exports. Read More “Transco Southeast Energy Connector in Alabama Now Live for M-U Gas”

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EQT CEO Tells West Virginia: It’s Time to Build More Pipelines

Toby Rice, CEO of EQT Corporation, took part in a presentation by natural gas industry leaders at the West Virginia Capitol on Wednesday. The group was briefly joined by Gov. Patrick Morrisey, who was there to promote an expansion of electric microgrids in the state to power data centers. Morrisey is pushing legislature, House Bill 2014, to do just that (see WV Gov. Backs Energy Bill to Attract Data Centers, Use Coal & Gas). Rice told those at the rally that if the state is serious about building more gas-fired power, it’s going to need new pipelines. Read More “EQT CEO Tells West Virginia: It’s Time to Build More Pipelines”

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MVP Case Against Radicalized Protesters Advances in Federal Court

On Monday, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia (Roanoke Division) ruled in two of five cases before it in which Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), which is now majority-owned by EQT Corporation, sued radical protesters who blocked the construction of the pipeline in Roanoke County, Virginia. The court dismissed one count in the two cases (count #4) against the protesters, which the media focused on. The media doesn’t want to talk about the fact that there are five other counts, far more serious than the dismissed count, that the court is allowing to advance. These protesters are in a world of legal hurt over their illegal blocking of MVP construction. Read More “MVP Case Against Radicalized Protesters Advances in Federal Court”

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7 Gas Pipelines Target Southeastern U.S. from 4 Midstream Cos.

Southeastern U.S. states (click for larger version)

AI data centers are increasingly being built in the Southeastern U.S. due to economic, infrastructural, and environmental factors that make the region attractive for such facilities. One key reason is the availability of affordable and reliable energy—i.e., natural gas (mostly from the Marcellus/Utica). The Southeast offers relatively low electricity costs compared to other parts of the country, which is critical for data centers that require massive amounts of power to run high-performance computing systems like those needed for AI workloads. Additionally, the region’s energy infrastructure is often robust enough to support the high demands of these facilities, though expansion is sometimes needed. Speaking of expansion, because of the Southeast’s attractiveness, there are seven new pipeline projects (from four pipeline companies) aimed at flowing more natural gas to the region, mainly to help service power generation for data centers. Read More “7 Gas Pipelines Target Southeastern U.S. from 4 Midstream Cos.”

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Hope Gas Ending “Farm Taps” May Impact Conventional Wells, Too

Hope Gas, a large local utility company that provides gas service to more than 131,000 residential, industrial, and commercial customers in thirty-seven West Virginia counties, filed a rate case with the state Public Service Commission (PSC) in August 2024 looking to convert customers who use a “farm tap” gas system to either propane fuel or electric heat for their homes (see WV’s Hope Gas Seeks to End “Farm Taps” for 600 Customers). The change would affect around 600 customers, removing them from the ability to use local natural gas. Conventional drillers now say they may be affected too, with no one to sell their local gas to and a lack of pipelines to connect their production to other markets. Read More “Hope Gas Ending “Farm Taps” May Impact Conventional Wells, Too”

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Leftwing Media Signals Lib Dem Govs Caving on Constitution Pipeline

Never in our wildest dreams did we think that Donald Trump winning a second term would result in the resurrection of the 124-mile Pennsylvania-to-New York Constitution Pipeline project. Yet, that prospect appears increasingly likely. We don’t want to offer false hope, but we can’t ignore the signs favoring the Constitution’s springing back to life. The latest sign? Two prominent leftwing mainstream media outlets, none other than the Washington Post and POLITICO, ran stories yesterday all but admitting that the liberal Democrat governors of New York and New England are in the process of caving and either have or soon will support the Constitution Pipeline project. It’s absolute magic! Read More “Leftwing Media Signals Lib Dem Govs Caving on Constitution Pipeline”

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Big Green Tells NY Gov. Hochul Better Not Cave re Constitution Pipe

Big Green is alarmed that New York Governor Kathy Hochul trooped to The White House last Friday to have a private, off-the-record conversation with President Trump about a laundry list of things, but two primary items: the Constitution Pipeline and a tax on driving in parts of Manhattan during certain hours (called “congestion pricing”). Nobody is saying anything about the meeting, but the implication is that perhaps Hochul and Trump were engaged in “horse swapping”—Trump bends on congestion pricing if Hochul bends on allowing (even endorsing) the Constitution Pipeline. The prospect of Hochul caving on the Constitution has set the environmental left’s hair on fire. Read More “Big Green Tells NY Gov. Hochul Better Not Cave re Constitution Pipe”

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Jury Makes Greenpeace Pay $660 Million to Energy Transfer re DAP

This is a sweet victory for our side. Last summer, MDN told you about a lawsuit being heard to hold Big Green groups (namely Greenpeace) responsible for their actions. Energy Transfer (ET), the owner and operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAP), sued Greenpeace and other alleged instigators for $300 million for the damages sustained by the company due to violent protests incited by the groups in North Dakota in 2016 (see ET $300M Lawsuit v. Big Green Pipe Violence Gets Court Hearing). Yesterday, the jury decided the case in favor of ET and handed the company $660 million from Greenpeace! Read More “Jury Makes Greenpeace Pay $660 Million to Energy Transfer re DAP”

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Williams Made Case at CERAWeek Permitting Reform Urgently Needed

Pipeline giant Williams, owner and operator of the mighty Transco pipeline system, deployed its top executives to speak at last week’s CERAWeek by S&P conference in Houston. On hand at the event were CEO Alan Armstrong, VP of New Energy Ventures, Jaclyn Presnal, and VP of Environmental, Regulatory and Permitting, Mark Gebbia. The three made a strong case that permitting reform is urgently needed if the country wants to deploy more natural gas for power generation and data centers. Read More “Williams Made Case at CERAWeek Permitting Reform Urgently Needed”