Energy
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With Region in a Deep Freeze, There’s No Better Time to Appreciate Propane Than Now
There’s no better time than the present, with the region in a deep freeze, to appreciate propane, the natural gas liquid used as a source of heat. With Mariner East 2 now in service alongside Mariner East 1, this pipeline system of Energy Transfer’s is transporting propane and other NGLs from the Utica Shale and…
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Energy Transfer’s Mariner East 2 Pipeline Now in Service
Energy Transfer LP, the parent company of Sunoco Pipeline, has announced that Mariner East 2, its natural gas liquids (NGLs) pipeline, is now in service, available for both interstate and intrastate service. The 350-mile pipeline transports domestically produced ethane, propane, and butane east from processing plants in Ohio across West Virginia and Pennsylvania to Energy…
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Radnor-Based Company to Develop Solar Farm to Power City-Owned Buildings in Philadelphia
Radnor-based Community Energy Solar will soon begin work on developing a large solar farm to generate power for city-owned properties in Philadelphia, including City Hall and Philadelphia International Airport, writes Frank Kummer for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The large-scale, 70-megawatt solar farm will be located in Adams County, 100 miles west of the city. The plan…
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#4 Nearing Completion, Mariner East 2 Pipeline to Safely Deliver the Energy Our Nation Needs
Years ago, Sunoco Pipeline committed to bringing American materials, local workers, and domestic ingenuity together to safely build the Mariner East 2 pipeline that will deliver the energy our nation needs. Now, construction of that pipeline is nearing the finish line, with the mainline from Scio, Ohio, to the Marcus Hook Industrial Complex nearly 99…
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Bloomberg: Pennsylvania Pipelines Playing Key Role in Nation’s Energy Independence
Pennsylvania and its pipelines are playing a key role in the nation’s effort to become energy independent, writes Javier Blas for Bloomberg. At the end of November, the U.S. became a net exporter of oil for the first time in 75 years. It sold a net of 21,000 barrels per day, finally breaking its dependence…
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VIDEO: Sunoco Pipeline, Parent Company Breathe New Life into Marcus Hook Industrial Complex
The Marcus Hook Industrial Complex has received new life through Sunoco Pipeline and its parent company, Energy Transfer Partners, writes Erica McClaugherty for IBEW Hour Power. Before it fell on hard times, the refinery once powered the nation and provided a lifeline for the borough. Now, after being closed for three years, it’s being repurposed…
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Suspension of Mariner East Construction Lifted; Thousands of Laborers Headed Back to Work
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and Energy Transfer Partners, the parent company of Sunoco Pipeline, have agreed on a plan that will allow construction of Mariner East 2 to resume. The agreement will send approximately 2,500 laborers across the state, including hundreds locally, back to work to ensure the safe, responsible development of the…
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Monroe Energy Refinery in Trainer Urges EPA to Reform Biofuels Credit Program
The Monroe Energy refinery in Trainer is one of three Philadelphia-area refineries urging the EPA to reform the biofuels credit program, writes Jon Hurdle for StateImpact Pennsylvania. Workers and managers from the refinery rallied at the Delaware City Refinery earlier this month to protest the credit program that is now threatening jobs. The program requires…
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Monroe Energy in Trainer Pumping Out Better-Than-Expected Profit Margins
Profits are flowing faster than expected through Monroe Energy’s oil refinery in Trainer, despite the fact that lower oil prices have derailed cheap supplies from North Dakota. Greater gas and diesel demand from Latin America and a narrowing of the price spread between heavy crude oil and Monroe Energy’s light sweet crude oil – because…
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Delco at Center of America’s Natural Gas Boom
With Sunoco Pipeline’s Mariner East 2 pulsing through its communities, Delaware County is already at an epicenter of the American natural gas boom, and it’s just getting started. The American Petroleum Institute just released a 268-page report that details how the industry is poised to grow jobs nationwide by 50 percent over the coming 25…
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Pipeline Reversal Threatens Already-Vulnerable Refinery in Trainer
The Monroe Energy refinery in Trainer is already one of the region’s two most vulnerable oil refineries, and a new Laurel Pipe Line proposal could put it further at risk by cutting off Pittsburgh oil buyers. Pipeline owner Buckeye Partners wants to stop oil from Philadelphia at Altoona and reverse the flow in western Pennsylvania,…
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Absorbed by Parent Company, Sunoco Logistics to Continue Operating from Newtown Square
Last week, Newtown Square’s Sunoco Logistics Partners, merged with parent company Energy Transfer Partners, writes Andrew Maykuth for the Philadelphia Inquirer. According to filings submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Sunoco will continue to run operations from its Newtown Square headquarters. Meanwhile, Dallas-based ETP has said it expects to achieve synergy and close to…
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Call for Caution as Natural Gas Booms in Chester
With billions of dollars literally headed down a natural gas pipeline, the anticipation of an industrial boom in Chester is palpable. And Lt. Gov. Mike Stack met the mix of both excitement and caution with a message of balance during the recent Sustainable Energy Leadership Forum at Widener University, according to a Daily Times report…
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Sunoco Logistics’ Hard Work Could Pump Up to $3.7 Billion into State’s Economy
The 700,000 barrels a day of propane, ethane, and butane that Sunoco Logistics is preparing to send through its Mariner East 2 and 2X pipelines will spew out up to $3.7 billion of investments into the state’s economy, according to a new study cited in a Daily Times report by Leslie Krowchenko. The study from…
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Independent Report Extols Economic Virtues of Marcellus Shale’s Natural Gas Liquids
The natural gas resources available in the Marcellus and Utica Shale regions have the potential to “drive economic development and job creation across the state,” according to a report released last week by Gov. Tom Wolf and the Team Pennsylvania Foundation. According to “Prospects to Enhance Pennsylvania’s Opportunities in Petrochemical Manufacturing,” an independent report by…
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PECO Announces Further Price Cuts
More good news is coming from PECO, as the energy company has announced further price cuts, beginning on June 1, writes Andrew Maykuth for the Philadelphia Inquirer. PECO’s customers have already been paying less for their electricity over the last six years, since competitive market rates took effect. In competitive markets like Pennsylvania’s, retail customers…
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Delaware County Chamber of Commerce Applauds Mariner East 2 Approval
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s recent stamp of approval on the Mariner East 2 pipeline has opened up the flow of cheers from the business community, and chief among them is the celebration by the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce over the pipeline as an imminent boon to the local economy. “It’s not often…
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Ten Things You Might Not Know About Sunoco Logistics and Mariner East 2
With ground now broken for its Mariner East 2 pipeline project, Sunoco Logistics is a name you often hear in the news. The project, which spans 350 miles, is an extension of the company’s existing Mariner East pipeline system, and will transport natural gas liquids from Ohio and western Pennsylvania to the Marcus Hook Industrial…
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