WV HR6

West Virginia House of Delegates recognizes the need for natural gas pipeline infrastructure to cross the state, including a large intra-Panhandle pipeline to serve current and future energy demands

Resolution supports expansion and modernization of natural gas pipelines from western gas fields to the Eastern Panhandle to enable industrial, commercial, and residential development

West Virginia ranks as the fourth leading natural gas producing state nationally, with shale gas from Marcellus and Utica formations accounting for the majority of production and proven reserves in tens of trillions of cubic feet

Resolution criticizes Maryland for blocking pipeline infrastructure extensions into West Virginia, characterizing it as "regressive and obstructionist" and claiming it denies West Virginia access to existing interstate pipeline capacity

Copies of the resolution to be transmitted to the Governor, West Virginia's congressional delegation, and multiple industry associations including the American Petroleum Institute and American Gas Association