Pennsylvania
Gas flow resumes from Equitrans Pennsylvania site after November leak
Dec 2 (Reuters) – Equitrans Midstream Corp on Friday stated it has obtained company approvals to circulation gasoline out of the Rager Mountain storage facility in Pennsylvania following a November pure gasoline leak that lasted for a number of days.
The positioning started flowing gasoline on Thursday, a day after it was accepted, Equitrans stated in an emailed response, including it should proceed to acquire essentially the most correct estimate of the leak that began on Nov. 6.
Equitrans had estimated the scale of the leak at about 100 million cubic toes per day, based on the Pennsylvania Division of Environmental Safety (DEP).
The circulation of gasoline was stopped on Nov. 19 and an investigation to find out the reason for the incident is ongoing, the corporate stated.
Two short-term bridge plugs have been put in to cease the venting of gasoline and greater than 250 toes of cement was pumped into the wellbore above the plugs to make sure venting doesn’t recur.
“Equitrans is conducting a complete evaluate of all storage wells at Rager Mountain. The long run standing of storage effectively 2244 shall be determined at a later date,” it added.
Equitrans stated Rager Mountain can retailer 9 billion cubic toes of gasoline. The leaking effectively, known as the George L. Reade 1 storage effectively, was considered one of 10 working storage wells on the facility.
The effectively is presently not in service, a supply conversant in the investigation stated on Friday.
The U.S. Division of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Supplies Security Administration (PHMSA) continues its investigation into the reason for the leak and to find out whether or not enforcement motion is important, the supply stated.
Equitrans stated it’s coordinating all post-incident response actions with DEP and PHMSA.
Reporting by Swati Verma in Bengaluru
Modifying by Chris Reese
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State Police investigating after man’s body found on state game lands in Westmoreland County
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating after a man’s body was found on Saturday night in Westmoreland County.
A hunter came across the body on state game lands across from the 17th hole of the Mannitto Golf Course in New Alexandria.
The victim was later identified as Robert Friend, state police said via social media.
Police have not said how Friend died, but they are calling his death suspicious. Anyone who saw Friend on Friday is asked to contact the Pennsylvania State Police Troop A barracks at 724-697-5780.
More information is expected to be made public on Monday, police said.
The police were present on the campus, while a witness said that they saw one of the victims receiving CPR.
Pennsylvania
Eastbound portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike shut down due to deadly pedestrian crash
A portion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike is shut down after someone was hit and killed along the highway in Beaver County.
The eastbound lanes of the Turnpike are closed between the New Castle interchange and the Cranberry interchange following the deadly overnight crash.
Pennsylvania State Police said that the crash happened near milepost 14 not far from the Beaver Valley interchange.
A detour provided by PennDOT is redirecting traffic off of the Turnpike at the New Castle interchange, onto I-376 westbound, Rt. 422 eastbound, onto I-79 southbound, and back onto the Turnpike at the Cranberry interchange.
Dispatchers said the crash happened around 2:30 a.m. Friday. Details surrounding the circumstances of the crash are limited at this time and the person who was killed has yet to be identified.
Troopers from the Pennsylvania State Police Troop T barracks in Gibsonia are leading the investigation into the deadly crash.
It’s unclear when the eastbound lanes of the Turnpike will reopen.
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