Harrisburg, PA (AP) — New Jersey’s largest utility is trying to sell its stake in a pipeline project that’s designed to ferry cheap Marcellus Shale natural gas from northern Pennsylvania to New Jersey.

A PSEG spokesman said Thursday that the company intends to remain a customer of the PennEast pipeline to bring natural gas to its customers. But spokesman Mike Jennings says PSEG wants to focus more on its core business of running and building power plants.

PSEG has a 10 percent equity stake in the roughly 120-mile, $1.2 billion pipeline project.

The pipeline is awaiting approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. A spokeswoman for the six-member pipeline partnership says it expects FERC approval and a seven-month construction process to finish in the second half of 2018.

Environmental advocacy groups oppose the project.

Source: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-jersey/articles/2017-03-09/pseg-looks-to-sell-stake-in-12b-penneast-pipeline-project

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Following the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s decision to approve permits for the Mariner East 2 pipeline, Sunoco Logistics Partners has decided to build two pipelines as part of the project, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The DEP’s approval of the project convinced more producers to get on board with the projects, proving there was greater interest in building an additional pipeline to connect the Marcellus and Utica shale plays. Sunoco hopes to entice more shippers of natural gas to buy capacity on the new pipeline.

The company is also trying to convince a big customer to build a plant at its Marcus Hook site to convert propane into propylene for the petrochemical market. However, pipeline permit delays have slowed the process.

Source: http://shalegasreporter.com/news/sunoco-plans-additional-mariner-east-2-pipeline/60653.html