Sunoco Logistics, announced Sept. 6 that it will build a new, larger pipeline to carry natural gas liquids from Marcellus and Utica shales to the company’s Marcus Hook industrial complex where it will be refined.
Meanwhile, the existing Mariner East 1 line will be expanded from Delmont, Pa. to Houston, Pa.
The new line will have a capacity of 275,000 barrels per day and will run from Ohio, through the West Virginia panhandle to Houston where it will then parallel Mariner East 1 to Marcus Hook.
Mariner East 1 has a capacity of 70,000 barrels per day.