Construction

Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC can continue constructing its multi-billion dollar ethane cracker in western Pennsylvania without delay after the Trump administration last week eased restrictions on imported steel from South Korea, Argentina and Brazil.

A federal appeals court has shut down an effort by environmental groups to stall Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC’s (ACP) construction plans over a condition in its West Virginia water crossing permit, a tactic that had more success against the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).

With the cost of construction skyrocketing, FERC has approved a request from Columbia Gas Transmission (CGT) to increase the initial monthly incremental recourse reservation rate on the Mountaineer XPress Project by 49% from the $9.827/Dth originally authorized.

FERC on Wednesday cleared the embattled Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC (MVP) project to resume construction along the first 77 miles in West Virginia, enough to add an incremental 1 Bcf/d of service, but with much of the project still stalled, MVP on Thursday announced a massive workforce reduction.

Environmental groups are stepping up their calls to stop all construction along the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s (ACP) 600-mile route after a federal appeals court on Monday vacated a key right-of-way (ROW) issued by the National Park Service (NPS).

FERC has ordered Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to stop all construction work because of a July 27 court order that rescinded the 303-mile, 42-inch diameter project’s authority to build across federal lands.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) on Thursday partially lifted a suspension on construction of the Mariner East (ME) 2 and 2X pipelines in southeast Pennsylvania.

Portland General Electric Co. (PGE) CEO Maria Pope said the Oregon-based utility has settled a 2015 lawsuit that at one point stopped the utility’s 440 MW natural gas-fired Carty Generating Station during the final phases of its construction.

FERC has authorized construction to begin on the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) in North Carolina.