Leach XPress

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Leach XPress is a natural gas pipeline reversal. Construction began in 2017.[1]

Leach XPress
Also calledLXP, Leach XPress Project, Leach Express
General information
Project typeReversal[5]
StatusIn service[5]
CommodityNatural gas[5]
OperatorColumbia Gas Transmission (TransCanada)[6] or Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC[6][sources disagree]
Owner and operator
StatesWV, PA, OH[7] or KY, OH, PA, WV[5][sources disagree]
Approved19 January 2017[7]
Construction started2017
In serviceJanuary 2018[5] or 1 January 2018[8][sources disagree]
FERC docketsCP15-514[7], CP20-12[6]
FERC pre-filing docketPF14-23[7]
Contractors
Technical information
Length160 mi[5][8] or 160.7 mi[7][sources disagree]
Pipe size36"[5]
Capacity1530 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[5][7]
Cost$1400 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[5] or approximately US$1.6 billion[8][sources disagree]
On ProvenHand
Hands listed0

Leach XPress is a natural gas pipeline reversal. Construction began in 2017.[1]

Contractorsedit

ContractorWorkPrime or subScopeSpreadYears
Associated Pipe Line Contractors[4]44.3 miles of 36-inch in Noble, Muskingum, Morgan and Perry counties, OH
Price Gregory International[4]28 miles of 36-inch in Monroe and Noble counties, OH
Associated Pipe Line Contractors, Inc.[9]PrimeTwo Ohio spreads of 36-inch for Columbia Pipeline/TransCanada: 44.4 miles pre-jobbed at Lancaster, OH and 44.3 miles pre-jobbed at Malta, OH (approx. completion Oct 2017)from 1 January 2017
Price Gregory International, LLC[10]PrimeSpreads 2A (27.6 miles), 2B (18 miles) and 5 BM-111 (2.5 miles), all 36-inch, Ohio and West Virginia1 February 2017 – 30 June 2018
Associated Pipe Line Contractors, Inc.[11]Clearing and reclamationClean-up and slip repair on four spreads in Ohio and West Virginia, 2019from 1 January 2019
Beeghly Tree, LLC[12]Clearing and reclamationUnder Price Gregory International, LLCBelmont County, OH: slide repairs, restoration and environmental work at directed locations
Welded Construction, L.P.[13]PrimeListed 2017 as contractor: 25 miles of 36-inch in Marshall County, WV and Greene County, PA
Price Gregory International, LLC[10]PrimeSpread 2A
Price Gregory International, LLC[10]PrimeSpread 2B

Spreads

SpreadPrime contractorDates
Spread 2A[10]Price Gregory International, LLC1 February 2017 – 30 November 2017
Spread 2B[10]Price Gregory International, LLC1 February 2017 – 30 June 2018
Spread 5 (BM-111)[10]Price Gregory International, LLC1 February 2017 – 31 October 2017

Sources disagree

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

FactValues given
Cost
  • $1400 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[5]
  • approximately US$1.6 billion[8]
In service
  • January 2018[5]
  • 1 January 2018[8]
Length
Operator
  • Columbia Gas Transmission (TransCanada)[6]
  • Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC[6]
States
  • WV, PA, OH[7]
  • KY, OH, PA, WV[5]

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Referencesedit

  1. sec.gov · exhibit991lxpservicemxpgxp.htm
  2. ferc.gov · FEIS_0.pdf
  3. wvmetronews.com
  4. s3.amazonaws.com · Ongoing_Projects.pdf
  5. “U.S. natural gas pipeline projects (Natural Gas Pipeline Projects)”. U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  6. “FERC eLibrary docket CP20-12”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 6 November 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  7. “FERC: Approved Major Pipeline Projects (1997-Present)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  8. “Leach XPress Project Placed into Service; Mountaineer XPress, GulfXPress Receive FERC Certificates (TransCanada news release)”. TransCanada Corporation (SEC Form 6-K, Exhibit 99.1). 2 January 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  9. “Blue Light Reports, May 2017 (pre-jobs)”. Pipeliners Local Union 798. May 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  10. “Price Gregory Completed Projects - Five Years (2020 list)”. Price Gregory International, LLC. June 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  11. “APLC Safety Newsletter, Issue 14, October 2019”. Associated Pipe Line Contractors, Inc. October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  12. “Beeghly Tree Recent Notable Projects”. Beeghly Tree, LLC. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  13. “Ongoing Projects: Construction Underway (Pipeline News, May 2017)”. Pipeline News. May 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2026.

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