"Race Is on To Ship Pennsylvania Natural Gas Liquids To Gulf Sites"

Natural gas liquids extracted from Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale will go via new pipelines to Texas.



"BEAUMONT, Texas -- From some angles, it looks as if all pipelines lead to Beaumont. The Texas town seems to build in bulk when it comes to prisons, Baptist churches and taquerias -- and pipelines are no different, with dozens of them underlying cow pastures or poking out of the ground when they cross a shallow bayou.

Soon, new pipelines originating in Pennsylvania will join the crowded Texas fields after a trip of nearly 1,500 miles. Their cargo: natural gas liquids extracted from parts of the Marcellus Shale that lies under Appalachia.

Traveling from Pennsylvania to Texas via pipeline has become the hottest ticket in the energy industry."

Erich Schwartzel reports for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette March 24, 2013.

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 03/25/2013