With 2020 finally behind us, many in the U.S. midstream sector have found time to take a deep breath to recalibrate the coming year, and they have certainly earned the right to do so. Through hard work they have survived the chaos wrought by COVID-19, which although still very much with us, should be subsiding with the arrival of at least two effective vaccines, and more on the way. Additionally, projections have been surprisingly good for pipeline companies, all things considered. Still, I can't help but think that when projects start being advanced again a familiar foe will be lying in wait - that being the ever-vigilant anti-pipeline coalition. For anyone still unimpressed with the effectiveness of these groups, or who continues to write them off as clueless, wild-eyed radicals who randomly chain themselves to bulldozers, perhaps a brief historical recap will serve as a reminder. Let's start with the Constitution pipeline, which in theory now should be transporting gas from tracking operations in Pennsylvania to across the south of New York state, en route to Albany, 124 miles (200 km) to the west.
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