Ohio Valley Connector

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Ohio Valley Connector is a natural gas pipeline expansion in West Virginia and Ohio. It was built and entered service in 2016.[1]

Ohio Valley Connector
Also calledOVC, EQM Ohio Valley Connector
General information
Project typeExpansion[2]
StatusIn service[2]
CommodityNatural gas[2]
OperatorEQM Midstream Partners (Equitrans)[3] or Equitrans, L.P.[3][sources disagree]
Owner and operator
StatesWest Virginia, Ohio[2][3][4]
Approved30 December 2015[3][4] or 30 September 2015[4][sources disagree]
Construction started11 January 2016[5]
In serviceOctober 2016[2]
FERC docketCP15-41[3]
FERC pre-filing docketPF14-13[3]
West Virginia stormwater permitWVR310515[4]
Contractors
Technical information
Length37 mi[3] or 50 mi[2] or 36.9 mi[3][sources disagree]
Pipe size24", 30"[2]
Capacity850 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[2][3]
Cost$415 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[2]
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Ohio Valley Connector is a natural gas pipeline expansion in West Virginia and Ohio. It was built and entered service in 2016.[1]

Contractorsedit

ContractorWorkScope
Holland Engineering[6]Surveysurvey, engineering design, routing, meter station design, construction survey and as-builts along 51 miles of proposed pipeline (page undated)

Sources disagree

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FactValues given
Approved
Length
Operator
  • EQM Midstream Partners (Equitrans)[3]
  • Equitrans, L.P.[3]

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Referencesedit

  1. sec.gov · eqm1231201610k.htm
  2. “U.S. natural gas pipeline projects (Natural Gas Pipeline Projects)”. U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  3. “FERC: Approved Major Pipeline Projects (1997-Present)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  4. “WVDEP: Oil and Gas Construction Stormwater registrations”. West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  5. “Construction Status Report, January 5-23, 2016, Ohio Valley Connector Project (CP15-41)”. Equitrans, L.P. (filed with FERC). 27 January 2016. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
  6. “Ohio Valley Connector project page (survey and engineering services for Equitrans, LP)”. Holland Engineering. Retrieved 4 October 2026.

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