U.S. WV-VA Mountain Valley natgas pipe seeks 4 more years to complete
Specifically,
In May, Equitrans Midstream Corp (ETRN), the lead partner
building the project, said it expected the pipe to enter service
in the second half of 2023 at a cost of around
Officials at Equitrans were not immediately available for comment.
When
Earlier this year, Equitrans said total work on the pipeline was "nearly 94% complete."
Last week, analysts at ClearView Partners said they expect federal agencies to finish their reviews by the end of 2022 with construction completion in early 2023.
Several federal agencies need to reissue permits, including
FERC, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Biological Opinion),
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of
Land Management (Right-of-Way across
Many of those permits were vacated by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit - some more than once.
Equitrans has a 47.8% ownership interest in
(Reporting by Scott DiSavino
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