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The northeast’s critical pipeline infrastructure is sparsely strewn about the region and lacks full capability to provide for the region. With its large, and growing population, as well as its proximity to huge domestic reserves like the Marcellus and Utica shale reserves the northeast is poised for pipeline expansion. A Petrochemical whitepaper takes a look…
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On December 29th Energy Transfer announced the completion and operationalization of its Mariner East 2 pipeline. The 350 mile pipeline facilitates natural gas liquid transport from the Marcellus and Utica shale reserves in Ohio, West Virginia, and Western Pennsylvania to the Marcus Hook Industrial Complex in Delaware County, PA. The multi-year project has made significant…
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Following yesterday’s blog  discussing the outstanding safety and quality of the 12 inch supplemental line temporarily being used to transport natural gas liquids through West Goshen Township focus will be turned to the emergency preparedness Sunoco has committed to in West Goshen and throughout the Mariner East pipeline project. For those that missed part one,…
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A risk assessment conducted by Accufacts Inc., using industry sensitive information from Sunoco, was recently released and presented to the public. The study specifically evaluated potential risk from the 12-inch supplemental line being used to move natural gas liquids eastward between portions of Mariner East 2 and Mariner East 2X through West Goshen Township. The…
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The latest desperate attempt to halt the Mariner East 2 pipeline system through the courts has failed. In November, seven residents from Chester and Delaware counties filed complaints to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission against Sunoco Pipelines. The complaints claimed that the Mariner East pipelines carrying liquid natural gas presented an intolerable amount of danger…
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Last week Judge Elizabeth Barnes – the same judge for the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission that shut down construction of the Mariner East 2 project in May, only to have the order overturned by the PUC – presided over a case brought by a few landowners in Chester and Delaware counties as a last-ditch effort…
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Delaware County Council’s pipeline risk assessment study results were featured in a Delco Times article today. These assessments seem to be published with growing frequency though today’s was the work of professionals. The Delaware County Council should be commended for selecting G2 Integrated Services, a Houston based infrastructure compliance and risk management firm, and adding…
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Jim Willis, editor and publisher of Marcellus Drilling News, weighed in on the latest complaints filed by 7 pipeline opponents from Chester and Delaware counties. Specifically, Willis calls the effort to halt Mariner East 1 and 2 a ‘Hail Mary’ attempt, insisting the continued “…chutzpah of these people is breathtaking.” He is right. Pipeline opponents…
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A Daily Local News piece recently reported on the latest quantitative risk assessment study used to argue against the Mariner East 2 project. Pipeline opponents inclination to generate their own, cherry-picked studies without any credence to technical expertise or training is a farce. The study, conducted by Del-Chesco United for Pipeline Safety’s George Alexander, was…
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A memo leaked earlier in the year uncovered that the Department of Energy was considering a bailout for failing nuclear and coal plants, claiming a unique cybersecurity robustness not shared by natural gas pipeline systems. The American Petroleum Institute (API) recently countered and clarified that cybersecurity remains a top priority for the natural gas industry….
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