FERC denies ETP request to resume drilling
USA ETP’s request, filed on May 16, was rejected despite its insistence that a halt in excavation work could result in environmental harm due to the movement of equipment used in the drilling operations.
The regulatory commission first ordered the company to stop drilling after a fluids leak of 7.57 million litres occurred while the company was drilling in Ohio’s wetlands last month.
The regulator’s decision may impede ETP’s objective of bringing the USD 4.2-billion Rover Pipeline on line by July 1 with a phase one capacity of 92 mcm (3.25 bcf) of gas per day.
Once completed, Rover will serve gas producers operating in the Utica and Marcellus shale plays.
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