The United States’ Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has given EQT Corporation's subsidiary Equitrans notice to proceed with construction of a new natural gas pipeline in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
As part of its ongoing Marcellus capacity expansion, Equitrans will begin construction of its project ‘Sunrise’, which is comprised of the installation of approximately 67 km of 24 inch diameter pipeline and 4 km of 16 inch diameter pipeline from Wetzel County, West Virginia, to Greene County, Pennsylvania, as well as a new compressor station near Jefferson in Greene County.
The Sunrise pipeline system will generally parallel existing Equitrans facilities, thereby reducing its environmental footprint, and will interconnect with MarkWest’s Mobley processing complex.
Construction has commenced on the project with the pipeline expected to be operational before summer 2012.
Image caption: A route map of the Sunrise pipeline system.
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