Tag: Pipelines

U.S. Forest Service Rejects Proposed Pipeline Route

The federal government is rejecting the proposed route of a natural gas pipeline through national forests in Virginia and West Virginia. The National…

The federal government is rejecting the proposed route of a natural gas pipeline through national forests in Virginia and West Virginia. 

The National Forest Service has told the builders of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline it must find alternatives to the proposed route of the 550-mile pipeline through the George Washington and Monongahela national forests in Virginia and West Virginia.

The Forest Service cited the pipeline’s current path through “highly sensitive resources” in both national forests. They include ecosystems for cow knob salamanders and West Virginia northern flying squirrels, as well as red spruce restoration areas.

Dominion Virginia Power is teaming up with Duke Energy and other partners to build the pipeline. It would deliver so-called fracked national gas from West Virginia to Virginia and North Carolina.

Groups Seek a Say With US Regulators on 2-State Pipeline

Seventeen groups in Virginia and West Virginia are seeking a say on a 301-mile natural gas pipeline that would carve a path through both states.The groups…

Seventeen groups in Virginia and West Virginia are seeking a say on a 301-mile natural gas pipeline that would carve a path through both states.

The groups are seeking so-called intervenor status with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in its review of the Mountain Valley pipeline.

The groups are opposed to the energy project, contending it would cause irreparable harm to the environment and private property. The groups include the Virginia chapter of the Sierra Club, Appalachian Voices and Chesapeake Climate Action, among others.

The Mountain Valley Pipeline would run from Wetzel County, West Virginia, to Pittsylvania Count, Virginia.

Many of the same groups are opposed to the 564-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Both pipelines would move natural gas from fracking drill fields in West Virginia and elsewhere.

WVU to Study Energy Pipeline Safety with U.S. Funding

West Virginia University will research new ideas and technologies to improve the safety of pipelines used to transport energy resources.

The research will be supported by a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s pipeline and hazardous materials safety administration.

The research comes as energy companies propose hundreds of miles of pipelines in Virginia and West Virginia, and elsewhere, to deliver natural gas drilled from Marcellus shale deposits.

The funding was announced by U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito.

Company, State Investigate Marshall County Pipeline Ruptures

Williams Energy and state regulators are investigating two natural gas pipeline ruptures that occurred within hours of each other in Marshall County.

Williams spokesman Helen Humphreys tells The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register that the company believes heavy rains were a contributing factor. She says the rains might have destabilized soils.

A 4-inch pipeline ruptured northeast of Glen Dale shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday. Around 10:50 p.m. Thursday, a 12-inch pipeline ruptured along U.S. 250 in the Bane Lane area.

Humphreys says the pipelines were carrying condensate, a mix of petroleum products found in natural gas. She says the company will mitigate any possible environmental effects.

The company and the Department of Environmental Protection were working to determine how much condensate spilled into Little Grave Creek from the 4-inch pipeline.

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