Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) experienced a second rupture during hydrostatic testing, days before it asked for and received permission to begin carrying natural gas.
MVP Southgate would run from the Mountain Valley Pipeline terminus in southern Virginia into North Carolina, carrying gas from the region, including Pennsylvania.
The long-delayed and controversial pipeline is set to send gas from northwestern West Virginia to southern Virginia, despite protests from residents and local officials.
Former pipeline employees told investigators the company was underreporting spills of drilling mud during construction of a pipeline that feeds the company’s ethane cracker.
