ETRN - TCO nat gas pipeline production plunges on release in West Virginia

TC Energy's (TRP) Columbia Gas Transmission natural gas pipeline unit says an "upstream MarkWest operational event" in West Virginia cut gas supply by ~2B cf/day today; MarkWest is owned by Marathon Petroleum's [[MPLX]] unit."MPLX pipeline monitoring systems detected a release of product from a [natural gas liquids] pipeline at our Majorsville facility in West Virginia," a company spokesperson says. "Personnel immediately closed off the line and the release has been controlled. Operations at certain other MPLX facilities in the region have been curtailed."The event affected gas flows to several pipelines from the Sherwood and Mobley plants in West Virginia, including Equitrans Midstream's (ETRN) Equitrans pipeline, Energy Transfer's (ET) Rover pipeline and TCO, which all fell to zero today, Reuters reports.Overall gas production in the Lower 48 states reportedly fell from 89B cf/day on Wednesday to a preliminary 85.4B cf/day today, which would be the lowest since gas wells and pipes froze in

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TCO nat gas pipeline production plunges on release in West Virginia