As part of the fine, the company would agree to several added safety precautions, including more inspections and additional monitoring for landslides along its route.
The discharge is not toxic, but it can hurt stream life. And people who live near the work site are fed up with a project one says moves ‘full steam ahead’ no matter the consequences.
The Butler County oil and gas assets of a driller — once backed by Goldman Sachs but later plunged into bankruptcy by the explosion of the Revolution pipeline in 2018 — now belong to Lola Energy.
Kelcy Warren, the Dallas billionaire known for controversial pipelines, is stepping down as chief executive officer of Energy Transfer. But if the move is anything like those of fellow moguls in the industry, he isn't going far.
A professional geologist who worked on the Mariner East pipeline project says pipeline builder Sunoco/Energy Transfer prevented him and other geologists from inspecting and reporting on dangerous subsidence, or sinkholes, during construction.
