OSU will study effects of Utopia Pipeline on ag fields
Monday, October 31, 2016
Things have finally been set into motion to develop Ohio’s shale industry further as Kinder Morgan Inc. prepares to begin construction on the Utopia Pipeline — a $500 million, 215-mile petroleum pipeline running from Harrison County in Eastern Ohio to the Michigan border.
In response to the new endeavor, Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will conduct a three-year study on soil disturbances caused by pipelines, focusing on how farmland is impacted, according to The Plain Dealer.
The study will be partially financed by a $200,000 gift from Kinder Morgan and will focus on 50 agricultural fields across the state.
The Utopia East Pipeline project is expected to transport 50,000 barrels a day of ethane and ethane-propane.
Kinder Morgan will break ground on construction next moth and complete the project in 2018.
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