Virginia

The same day it OK’d the startup of Atlantic Sunrise, FERC authorized service on another Appalachian takeaway expansion aimed at serving the East Coast, Columbia Gas Transmission LLC’s WB XPress Project.

President Trump intends to nominate Bernard McNamee, who is currently executive director of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Policy, to fill the vacant fifth seat at FERC, the White House said Wednesday.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has yet again stayed federal authorizations for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), preventing work that was poised to restart along 20 miles of the 600-mile route.

Ongoing legal challenges, permit issues, work stoppages and inclement weather have pushed up the estimated cost of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) natural gas project by roughly $1 billion, sponsors said this week.

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 a circuit court judge may review a pending appeal filed by landowners and environmental organizations.

FERC on Monday lifted a stop work order it issued more than a month ago for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), clearing the way for construction to restart along the 600-mile route.

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.

Despite souring Sino-U.S. trade relations, executives with two state-owned Chinese companies reportedly plans to honor agreements with their American counterparts, including an $83.7 billion memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop shale gas and chemical manufacturing projects in West Virginia.

FERC late Friday ordered Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC (ACP) to stop all work along the project’s 600-mile route in a move that was widely expected after a federal appeals court last week vacated key permits.