Equitrans to complete WV-VA Mountain Valley natgas pipe in 2023
In May, Equitrans Midstream (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
When
Equitrans said the pipeline was "nearly 94%complete."
Several 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.
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.
Equitrans has a 47.8% ownership interest in
(Reporting by Scott DiSavino
Editing by