MPLX Finishes Utica Pipeline Construction Projects
MPLX today announced that the company’s Utica Build-Out projects, including the newly constructed Harpster to Lima Pipeline, are now in service.
“The Utica Build-Out projects are part of MPLX’s commitment to provide cost-effective industry solutions through expansion of existing pipelines and construction of new pipelines to meet the needs of Utica and Marcellus shale producers,” MPLX President Michael J. Bennigan said. “The Cornerstone Pipeline and the Utica Build-Out pipelines are key liquids pipelines from these shale plays and they now provide connectivity to refineries throughout the Midwest.”
The new 49-mile Harpster to Lima Pipeline is designed to transport condensate and natural gasoline in a batched system from Harpster, Ohio, to a tank farm in Lima, Ohio, where it can then continue on to refineries in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois. As part of the Utica Build-Out scope, MPLX has also expanded capacity of two product pipelines, including the East Sparta to Heath and Heath to Harpster pipelines to deliver into the new pipeline at Harpster. In December 2016, MPLX reversed the RIO 8-inch pipeline to provide further distribution to the Midwest from Lima. MPLX is currently constructing additional connectivity and expanding pipelines to provide diluent service to western Canada, which is expected to be finished in 2017.
“The Utica Build-Out projects are the next step of our Utica shale strategy,” Hennigan added. “MPLX now offers connectivity to the Midwest, and these projects support our plans to also serve the diluent market in Canada.”
All three pipelines now have a maximum capacity of 50,000 barrels per day. Marathon Pipe Line LLC, a subsidiary of MPLX, will operate these pipelines from its operations center in Findlay, Ohio.
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