Lengths of pipe wait to be laid in the ground along the under-construction Mountain Valley Pipeline near Elliston, Virginia, U.S. September 29, 2019.
REUTERS/Charles Mostoller/File PhotoAug 1 (Reuters) - U.S. energy company Equitrans Midstream (ETRN.N) on Tuesday said it still expects to complete the Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline by the end of the year despite being tangled in numerous court fights since construction began in 2018.
Mountain Valley is key to unlocking gas supplies from Appalachia, the nation's biggest shale gas-producing basin in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.
When Mountain Valley started construction in February 2018, Equitrans estimated the 2.0-billion cubic feet per day project would cost about $3.5 billion and enter service by late 2018.
The 303-mile (488-kilometer) Mountain Valley project is owned by units of Equitrans, the lead partner building the pipe with a roughly 48.3% interest, NextEra Energy (NEE.N), Consolidated Edison (ED.N), AltaGas (ALA.TO) and RGC Resources (RGCO.O).
Persons:
Charles Mostoller, Thomas Karam, Scott DiSavino, Marguerita Choy
Organizations:
REUTERS, U.S, Supreme, U.S ., Equitrans, NextEra Energy, Consolidated Edison, RGC Resources, Thomson
Locations:
Elliston , Virginia, U.S, West Virginia, Virginia, Appalachia, Pennsylvania , Ohio, U.S . Congress