Company faces criminal charges over pipeline explosion

Published February 2, 2022 12:39 pm

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM
Associated Press

An energy company already charged with violating Pennsylvania environmental laws during construction of the multibillion-dollar Mariner East pipeline system is facing more legal trouble. Prosecutors on Wednesday filed a new criminal case alleging the company’s negligence led to the 2018 explosion of a different pipeline near Pittsburgh. The state attorney general’s office says a subsidiary of Texas-based Energy Transfer botched construction of the Revolution pipeline. A landslide along the pipeline’s route in Beaver County triggered a gas explosion and fire that destroyed a home, a barn and several cars. The company says it looks forward to resolving the charges.

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