Federal energy regulators overseeing the development of a new interstate natural gas pipeline have announced the opening of an investigation, following the inadvertent release of about 2 million gallons of drilling fluid from a horizontal directional drill operation.
Rover Pipeline LLC describes itself as a new interstate natural gas pipeline that is designed to transport 3.25 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/day) of natural gas to markets in the Midwest, Northeast, East Coast, Gulf Coast and Canada. The Rover project received a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on February 2, 2017, and construction commenced. The Commission’s Order Issuing Certificates included an environmental condition requiring Rover to adhere to construction procedures as described in its application and identified in the Commission’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). As described by FERC, “Rover committed to use drilling fluid composed only of a ‘slurry made of nontoxic/non-hazardous bentonite clay and water.'”
JDSupra – Todd Griset – 06/16/2017
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