I was going to write up something about these new pipeline projects, but the folks over at Kallanish Energy already put together a good summary.

The Utica Access project is only five miles long and will come online at the end of 2016.  It will only move 205 million cubic feet per day and only down in Kanawha County, so it won’t impact production and royalty amounts much, if at all.

The WB Xpress will be an interesting project to watch, as it will move 1.3 billion cubic feet per day and will open in 2018.  There will be quite a few other project opening in 2018 as well.  2017 could be a very interesting year for West Virginia mineral and royalty owners whose rights aren’t leased.