Eastern Panhandle Expansion Project

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Eastern Panhandle Expansion Project is a natural gas pipeline, operated by Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC. Construction began in 2024 and the line entered service in 2025. It runs 3.4 miles of 8" pipe.

Eastern Panhandle Expansion Project
General information
KindPipeline project[1]
Project typeLateral[2] or Expansion[3][sources disagree]
StatusIn service[2]
CommodityNatural gas[2]
Owner and operator
StatesPA, WV[1][4] or MD, PA, WV[2][sources disagree]
CountiesMaryland: Washington
Pennsylvania: Fulton

West Virginia: Morgan
[5]
Approved19 July 2018[1] or 2 August 2017[4][sources disagree]
Construction startedDecember 2024[6]
In service26 June 2025[2]
FERC docketCP17-80[1]
West Virginia stormwater permitWVR310853[4]
Contractors
Technical information
Length3.4 mi[1][2]
Pipe size8"[2]
Capacity47.5 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[1] or 47 MMcf/d additional capacity (EIA)[2][sources disagree]
Cost$45.6 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[2]
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Eastern Panhandle Expansion Project is a natural gas pipeline, operated by Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC. Construction began in 2024 and the line entered service in 2025. It runs 3.4 miles of 8" pipe.

Contractorsedit

ContractorWorkScopeYears
Right-Of-Way Clearing & Maintenance, Inc.[7]Clearing and reclamationClearing; listed as Eastern Panhandle Expansion in Fulton County PA, Washington County MD and Morgan County WV (Michels Pipeline/TC Energy)until 1 January 2024

Crossings

FeatureMethod
Interstate 68[8]HDD
Potomac River[8]HDD

Sources disagree

These sources give different values for the same fact. Each value is listed with the sources that give it.

FactValues given
Approved
  • 19 July 2018[1]
  • 2 August 2017[4]
Capacity
  • 47.5 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[1]
  • 47 MMcf/d additional capacity (EIA)[2]
Project type
States

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Referencesedit

  1. “FERC: Approved Major Pipeline Projects (1997-Present)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  2. “U.S. natural gas pipeline projects (Natural Gas Pipeline Projects)”. U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  3. “FERC eLibrary docket CP17-80”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  4. “WVDEP: Oil and Gas Construction Stormwater registrations”. West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  5. “Order Issuing Certificate, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, Eastern Panhandle Expansion Project (CP17-80)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  6. “Construction Status Report No. 5 (Dec 7-20, 2024), Eastern Panhandle Expansion Project (CP17-80)”. Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC (filed with FERC). 10 January 2025. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  7. “Projects”. Right-Of-Way Clearing & Maintenance, Inc. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  8. “Environmental Assessment, Eastern Panhandle Expansion Project (CP17-80)”. FERC staff. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2026.

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