WF: Gas Processing Plant Planned for Marion County
The plant will serve EQT and other Marcellus shale producers.
Plans have been announced for a new natural gas processing facility and pipeline in western Marion County.
The facility, will be run by MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, L.L.C. and will serve EQT.
It will be built in Logansport, according to a news release.
The plant will process 120 million cubic feet per day, which will then be sent to MarkWest Liberty’s fractionation, storage, and marketing complex in Houston, Pa., officials said.
“We continue to expand our midstream presence in the rich-gas area of the Marcellus and the Logansport complex will allow EQT and other producers to fully develop their Marcellus acreage in Wetzel and Doddridge counties,” said Frank Semple, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of MarkWest. “We are excited to access significant new Marcellus acreage and to take advantage of the tremendous downstream takeaway options for residue gas on the Equitrans system, including Equitrans’ planned expansion to five interstate pipelines," Semple said.
"We are excited about the strategic value created from the combination of MarkWest's industry leading Appalachian processing and fractionation footprint with EQT's Equitrans pipeline header system expansion," said Randall Crawford, Senior Vice President of EQT. "The linking of NGL processing with downstream transportation will provide the critical infrastructure solution to facilitate the development of EQT’s and other liquids-rich Marcellus acreage in northern West Virginia."
Construction is expected to be finished by the middle of 2012, officials said.
This will be MarkWest Liberty's third facility in the area.
