Proposed Pipeline Would Bring Marcellus Gas To PA, MD, & DC

$1B Marcellus pipeline proposed

By Andrew Maykuth, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER

Since the Marcellus Shale boom took off, much of the natural gas produced in Pennsylvania has been shipped through existing pipelines to northeastern markets such as New York City.

But a partnership of three companies on Thursday proposed building a $1 billion pipeline that would transport fuel from northern Pennsylvania to markets in central and eastern Pennsylvania, as well as Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington.

"We think it would be beneficial to Pennsylvania to have gas produced in the state consumed in the state," said Hugh J. Gallagher, a spokesman for UGI Corp. of Valley Forge, one of the partners in the project. More...