Jon Hurdle

Homeowners focus on integrity of repurposed 12-inch pipeline first built in 1930s

Sunoco said in November that it would start operations of the frequently delayed Mariner East 2 pipeline by the end of 2018.

Investigators at the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission said on Tuesday they didn't confirm that the 12-inch pipeline component of Mariner East 2 was safe, despite a statement by Sunoco that they had done so.

The Chester County District Attorney said Wednesday he is opening a criminal investigation into Sunoco's Mariner East pipeline project because it has caused sinkholes, contaminated water and has resulted in "not so subtle bullying" of residents.

Investigators at the Public Utility Commission blamed corrosion for a leak of natural gas liquids from Sunoco's Mariner East 1 pipeline in April 2017, and said they are concerned about the company's corrosion-control program throughout the ageing statewide line.

The PennEast Pipeline Co. can take private land through eminent domain to build a natural gas pipeline, a New Jersey federal judge ruled on Friday.

Suit brought by seven residents fails on all four requirements

A federal judge granted PennEast Pipeline Co. the right of eminent domain to build its pipeline on a property in Carbon County, in the first ruling of its kind over the controversial project in a Pennsylvania court.

A worst-case explosion of the Mariner East 2 pipeline in PA's Delaware County would kill anyone within about a mile of the rupture, a new report says, but it concludes the chances of someone dying from a pipeline incident are less than that of dying in a car crash or from falling down stairs.

STATE IMPACT PENNSYLVANIA - A 12-inch pipeline that Sunoco plans to use as a temporary part of the Mariner East project has passed state and federal safety inspections, according to a letter from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission's head of pipeline safety.