Permian highway

The Sierra Club’s allegations “come close” to demonstrating “harm to the environment,” but a district court in Texas still shot down a request to halt construction of the Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP), a conduit designed to move about 2 Bcf/d to the Texas Coast.

Sponsor Kinder Morgan Inc. earlier in August reaffirmed the 42-inch diameter, 430-mile pipeline would be completed in 2021.The system in July was about 80% mechanically complete, with mainline compression 97% complete.

However, the pipeline has been plagued with litigation since it was launched. Opponents gained momentum in March when a horizontal directional drilling (HDD) incident during construction caused a 36,000 gallon drilling fluid spill east of the town Blanco in the Texas Hill Country. 

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