Gas Processing Plant Planned for Marion County
The plant will serve EQT and other Marcellus shale producers.
The State Journal
5 January 2011
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.