Optioned

Dominion has optioned land in Natrium, WV, to construct a natural gas processing and fractionation facility that would support wet natural gas production from the Marcellus Shale. Engineering design and project planning for the plant, which would be on chemical producer PPG Industries’ 56-acre site, are under way; financial terms were not disclosed. Gas pipeline and storage subsidiary Dominion Transmission launched plans in 2010 to process gas and separate natural gas liquids (NGL) as part of its Marcellus 404 Project (see NGI, April 26, 2010). The proposed facility would phase in service to process up to 300 MMcf/d. Fractionation capacity for up to 38,000 b/d of NGLs would be available.