Mountaineer NGL Stor- age LLC, a multi-cycle natural gas liquids (NGL) storage system facility in Monroe County, recent- ly donated $5,000 to two local softball elds for im- provements to the elds’ infrastructure and safety features. The company, backed by Energy Storage Ven- tures, made the contri- bution in an effort to support the local […]
Mountaineer NGL Included in U.S. Department of Energy Natural Gas Liquids Primer
DOE Finds NGL Storage “Necessary” Clarington, OH: The U.S. Department of Energy today released a Natural Gas Liquids Primer, with a focus on the Appalachian region, and cites Mountaineer NGL Storage as part of the primer. The federal agency’s report addressed the growing trend of burgeoning natural gas liquids production in the Appalachian Basin combined with the […]
Energy Storage Ventures President David Hooker visits Canton
Last week, David Hooker, president of Energy Storage Ventures spoke at the Utica Shale Summit hosted by the Canton Regional Chamber in Canton, Ohio. Mr. Hooker discussed the future of natural gas storage in the Appalachian Basin. Read more about how the state of Ohio—and its Utica Shale—is the key to fostering a rebirth of plastics manufacturing in […]
Could the Appalachian Basin Be the Next Silicon Valley of American Energy Infrastructure?
Energy In Depth West Virginia University (WVU) has just released its second geologic study relating to the Appalachian Basin. This latest study addresses the feasibility of storing natural gas liquids (NGL) in states along the Ohio River based on the region’s geology. In short, the study finds Ohio and West Virginia are prime spots for […]
Mountaineer NGL Storage Connecting w/3 Pipelines Under Ohio River
The president of the company looking to build the Mountaineer NGL Storage facility in Monroe County, Ohio, near Clarington, along the Ohio River says operating the facility close to the Ohio River is safe and “is not rocket science.” Last week West Virginia University researchers released a report that the Marcellus/Utica region needs an ethane […]
Ethane Set to Go Under the Ohio River Near Clarington
By Casey Junkins http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2017/09/ethane-set-to-go-under-the-ohio-river-near-clarington/ CANONSBURG, Pa. — By 2019, Energy Storage Ventures hopes to connect three pipelines beneath the Ohio River to a new natural gas liquids storage facility — two of which will bring ethane, propane and butane from Blue Racer Natrium, while the third will send salt brine from Clarington to the Marshall […]
Ethane Storage Could Bring 100,000 Jobs to the Ohio Valley
WVU study looks at possible $36B investment CANONSBURG, Pa.–West Virginia University researchers believe a Marcellus and Utica shale ethane storage hub could help create $36 billion in investment and more than 100,000 permanent jobs — some of which could occur at industrial sites left behind by Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel, Weirton Steel and Ormet Corp. During a […]
Energy Storage Ventures LLC Completes Due Diligence on Mountaineer NGL Storage Project
Denver, CO – July 13, 2017 – Energy Storage Ventures LLC, a company that constructs and operates bulk hydrocarbon storage facilities, has completed all due diligence on its lead project, the Mountaineer NGL Storage project in a Salina-bedded salt formation in the Ohio River Valley. The Mountaineer NGL Storage project completed its open season in […]
Mountaineer NGL Storage, LLC, Concludes Successful Open Season for Natural Gas Liquid Storage
Denver, CO – May 24, 2016 – Mountaineer NGL Storage, LLC, announced the conclusion of a successful non-binding open season for its natural gas storage project near Clarington, Ohio. The open season resulted in requests for more than three times the amount of initial planned capacity. David Hooker, managing director of Mountaineer NGL Storage, said […]
Mountaineer NGL Storage, LLC, Open Season Underway, Will Conclude May 9, 2016
Denver, CO – April 22, 2016 – On April 11, 2016, Mountaineer NGL Storage, LLC, began its non-binding open season for up to 1.6 million barrels of initial storage capacity with more than 25,000 bbls per day of load-in and load-out. David Hooker, managing director of Mountaineer NGL Storage, says that response has been even […]