The company, through its subsidiary Equitrans, will construct this Sunrise pipeline system as part of its ongoing Marcellus Shale capacity expansion.
The project includes the installation of about 41.5 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline and 2.7 miles of 16-inch-diameter pipeline that runs from Wetzel County, West Virginia to Greene County, Pennsylvania, as well as a new compressor station near Jefferson in Greene County.
The Sunrise project, which is expected to begin operation in 2012, will expand Equitrans’ existing mainline transmission system to address the rapid development of natural gas from both the liquids rich and dry areas of the Marcellus Shale formation in the central Appalachian Basin, EQT said.
