Infrastructure

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) has allowed Rover Pipeline LLC to resume construction in Doddridge and Tyler counties following a July cease and desist order. WVDEP cited Rover for noncompliance with its state-issued water pollution control permit. In an order filed to the project docket at FERC, WVDEP said it determined following an inspection on Wednesday the previously cited violations “had been corrected” [CP15-93].

U.S. dry natural gas production should average 73.5 Bcf/d this year, up 1.2 Bcf/d from 2016, while domestic exports to overseas markets should continue to strengthen, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Tuesday.

Construction of Rover Pipeline’s Phase 1A should be completed next week, with Phase 2 on track to start-up in late November or early December, the management team for Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) said Wednesday.

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) operations for Sunoco Pipeline LP’s Mariner East (ME) 2 project may resume across Pennsylvania after the company reached a settlement with environmental groups and agreed to a series of additional safeguards.

The United States is officially emerging as a net natural gas exporter in 2017, with exports exceeding imports in three of the first five months of the year, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Tuesday.

New FERC Commissioner Neil Chatterjee officially was sworn in Tuesday, less than a week after his nomination was confirmed by the Senate.

Train 4 at Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal achieved first LNG production late last month and is expected to produce its first commissioning cargo later this week, management for the Houston-based company said Tuesday.

Spain’s Gas Natural Fenosa (GNF) has kicked off the constructionof a natural gas distribution system in the municipality ofCajeme, as part of a plan to expand its network in northwesternMexico.

The first liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from Sempra Energy’s Cameron, LA, facility have been pushed to 2019 because of issues related to engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), executives said Friday.