Mvp

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide this week whether it will hear a case challenging the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) and the constitutionality of parts of the Natural Gas Act (NGA).

Virginia’s State Water Control Board (SWCB) plans to hold a hearing to decide whether to revoke Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC’s (MVP) state-issued water quality permit, creating even more regulatory uncertainty for a project that has faced numerous setbacks.

Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC (MVP) on Thursday reaffirmed that it’s on track to meet a targeted late 2019 in-service date, announcing that it now expects to have 70% of the project finished by the end of this year.

More legal fronts opened last week for the Atlantic Coast (ACP) and Mountain Valley (MVP) pipelines in what’s become a saga for the Appalachian shale gas takeaway projects that continue to face rising costs and delays.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday vacated the water crossing permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC, another major setback for a project plagued by regulatory uncertainty in recent months.

The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) has again been ordered to temporarily stop work on a small stretch of the project in southern West Virginia so that a circuit court judge may review a pending appeal filed by landowners and environmental organizations.  

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday lifted a stay of Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC’s (MVP) water crossing permit in West Virginia, providing further good news for sponsors recently beset by unfavorable decisions handed down by the court.

FERC has authorized Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC to resume construction on roughly 200 miles of its 303-mile route, largely freeing the 2 Bcf/d Appalachian takeaway project from the regulatory limbo of a stop work order issued roughly three weeks ago.

Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC (MVP) has filed a 15-page plan to temporarily stabilize parts of its 300-mile route during a work stoppage ordered by FERC Aug. 3 in response to a federal appeals court decision that vacated project approvals.