National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.'s proposal to expand its pipeline system in Pennsylvania to deliver an additional 133,000 Dth/d to an industrial facility hit a bump when the state said an application for a water quality permit was incomplete.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said the application for a
National Fuel, a subsidiary of National Fuel Gas Co., submitted an application with FERC for the Line N to Monaca expansion project March 23. The project would deliver additional gas supplies to a Shell Energy North America (US) LP petrochemical facility in Beaver County, Pa. It would consist of about 4.5 miles of 12-inch-diameter pipeline, a metering and regulating station, an interconnection, and modifications to facilities in Beaver and Washington counties in Pennsylvania. The additional gas would come from a pooling point on National Fuel's Line N system and an interconnection with Texas Eastern Transmission LP.
National Fuel has said it would like to start construction in September to meet an in-service date of June 1, 2019. (FERC docket CP18-135)
