Valley Crossing Pipeline
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Valley Crossing Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline.[1][2]
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Location
The pipeline runs from Agua Dulce, Texas, to the U.S.-Mexico border in the Gulf of Mexico, where it will connect with the Sur de Texas-Tuxpan pipeline.
Project Details
- Operator: Valley Crossing Pipeline LLC
- Parent Company: Enbridge
- Current capacity: 2600 Million cubic feet per day
- Proposed capacity:
- Length: 168 miles / 270 km
- Status: Operating
- Start Year: 2018
Background
The Valley Crossing Pipeline is operated by Valley Crossing Pipeline LLC, which is owned by Enbridge.[3] The pipeline is being built to export natural gas to Mexico, but most of its 168 miles are treated as an intrastate project for regulatory purposes, putting them under the jurisdiction of the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC). A 1,000-foot section of the pipeline that crosses the U.S.-Mexico border in the Gulf of Mexico is regulated by FERC. Valley Crossing Pipeline applied to FERC to build this 1,000-foot section in November 2016,[4] and received FERC approval in October 2017.[5] This international section would connect to the Sur de Texas-Tuxpan pipeline, which is also under construction.[3]
The Pipeline was commissioned in October 2018.[2]
Opposition
Opponents of the pipeline have raised concerns about its negative impact on human health, the environment, land rights, and land values.[6] Opponents have also criticized the fact that an international pipeline could be be largely permitting and overseen by a state agency, the RRC, exempting it from federal review and an Environmental Assessment (EA) by FERC.
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Valley Crossing Pipeline, Spectra Energy, accessed September 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Enbridge places Valley Crossing Texas-to-Mexico gas pipeline into service, Seeking Alpha, Nov. 2, 2018
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Valley Crossing project will deliver natural gas to Mexico, The Brownsville Herald, Dec. 16, 2017
- ↑ Docket No. CP17-19-000, FERC June 2017
- ↑ Trump administration issues presidential permit for Valley Crossing Pipeline, San Antonio Business Journal, Oct. 23, 2017
- ↑ Destroying Our Coastal Wetlands for Gas Export Profit: The Valley Crossing Pipeline, Save RGF From LNG, Dec. 19, 2016
