Major Pipelines in West Virginia
Mountain Valley Pipeline
The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) spans approximately 303 miles from northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia. Impacted counties include Wetzel, Harrison, Doddridge, Lewis, Braxton, Webster, Nicholas, Greenbrier, Fayette, Summers, and Monroe Counties in West Virginia.
Violations = 47
Recent News
Key Permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline Suspended
Another Court Ruling Against a West Virginia Pipeline, Then Another Effort to Change the Rules
4th Circuit Court vacates Mountain Valley Pipeline permit
Judge issues stay in Summers County MVP case
Feds OK Restart of Mountain Valley Pipeline Construction
Federal court allows stream crossing work for Mountain Valley Pipeline
Federal court allows MVP construction across wetlands to continue
Federal regulators order halt to Mountain Valley Pipeline construction
Mountain Valley Pipeline cited 5th time by state regulators for violations
Court Halts 591 Stream Crossings by Mountain Valley Pipeline
Mountain Valley Pipeline Construction Partly Halted in West Virginia
Two more notices of violation issued to Mountain Valley Pipeline
Mountain Valley Pipeline: Gauley River at Risk
Coalition Challenges FERC Approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline
Atlantic Coast Pipeline – Cancelled
The Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) was a 6oo-mile pipeline that spanned 3 states. Approximately 100-miles of its path was in West Virginia. Impacted counties included Harrison, Lewis, Upshur, Randolph, and Pocahontas Counties. In July 2020, the pipeline’s parent companies abandoned the project. Read more.
Violations = 4
Recent News
Army Corps Suspends Key Atlantic Coast Pipeline Permits
4th Circuit orders temporary halt to Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Construction on Atlantic Coast Pipeline OK’d again
Feds halt work on Atlantic Coast Pipeline
WVDEP: Pipeline developers failed to control erosion, follow water quality rules
Atlantic Coast Pipeline cited for environmental violations
Clean Water Advocates Ask For Halt to Second Fracked Gas Pipeline
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Permit Under Fire from Environmental Advocates
Dominion says pipeline progress will go on, even with appeals court ruling
Little public input in decision to route pipeline through WV state forest
Rover Pipeline
The Rover Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline that will span approximately 713-miles. In West Virginia there are three legs:
Burgettstown lateral – 5.5 miles in Hancock County.
Majorsville lateral – 12.3 miles in Marshall County.
Sherwood lateral – approximately 41 miles of pipeline in Wetzel, Tyler, and Doddridge counties.
Violations = 20 and 2 cease and desist orders
Mountaineer Xpress Pipeline
The Mountaineer Xpress Pipeline (MXP) is a 170-mile pipeline in West Virginia. Impacted counties include Marshall, Wetzel, Tyler, Doddridge, Ritchie, Calhoun, Wirt, Roane, Jackson, Mason, Putnam, Cabell, Wayne and Kanawha counties.
Violations = 55
Resources
Guide to WVDEP Pipeline Webpage
WVDEP Map of all Major Pipelines
Pipeline Visual Assessment Program – Detect and report water quality impacts from natural gas pipelines.
A Year of Large-Scale Pipeline Construction in Mountainous Regions of West Virginia and Virginia
2019 is a year of large-scale pipeline construction in West Virginia and Virginia. We’ve partnered with Trout Unlimited to provide reports to the public on the effects of current pipeline construction on streams and rivers – impacts that threaten critical habitat for aquatic species and clean water supplies.
View our first report as an ArcGIS Story Map here, or as a downloadable PDF here.
Citizens’ Guide to Fracking Permits in West Virginia
Are you confused by the complicated permitting process required for shale gas development and it’s related infrastructure? Between well pad construction, hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and the pipelines needed to transport the fracked gas, there are multiple permits companies must receive from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) before construction can begin.
That’s why we’ve created the Citizens’ Guide to Fracking Permits in West Virginia. It will help you understand and get involved in the permitting process.
