EQM Midstream Partners has raised the estimated cost of its 303-mile Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to Virginia to $4.8 billion to $5 billion and delayed the projected completion to mid-2020 due to ongoing legal and regulatory problems.

摘要

The company's last estimate for the 2 Bcf/d capacity pipeline was $4.6 billion with a completion target date for this year's fourth quarter. Construction of the Mountain Valley system began in February 2018 with a project cost of $4.5 billion and a planned operational startup by the end of 2018.