The Rockies Express Pipeline is donating a 20' Connex storage unit to the Harrison Township Fire Department.
The Connex is from the compressor station and is valued at $4,000
"It is going to come in handy, store our carnival items for our annual fundraiser we put on every year. We have stuff scattered throughout the township every year, this will be a central location for everything so when we go to look for something we know where it is at," says Joseph...
Natural gas is now flowing once again through the Rockies Express Pipeline. The pipeline had to be shut down and repaired after a rupture November 14, 2009 in Philo.
WHIZ's Katie Jeffries has more.
Pipeline officials say a welding issue caused the rupture that forced around 50 residents to evacuate their homes. Rockies Express spokesman, Allen Fore, says the company has repaired the problem and notified the Muskingum County Emergency Management Agency, the...
Muskingum County will not be receiving any tax revenue from the Rockies Express Pipeline in 2010.
But the Muskingum County Commissioners say that has nothing to do with the rupture on November 14th. They also did not budget any tax revenue from the pipeline for 2010.
"We did not anticipate any revenue, any tax revenue from the pipeline or the compressor station til 2011 so it really hasn't affected the tax situation at this point," says Commissioner Brian Hill.
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Harrison Township trustees say a road near Philo will close Wednesday.
Township Trustee Roy Cox says Duncan Run Road will close near Philo Wednesday January 6 and will remain closed until January 8 due to work on the Rockies Express Pipeline.
Just more than a month ago a pipe in the Rockies Express Pipeline ruptured just south of Philo. Now the company is admitting to first responders, it made mistakes.
"I think the ball was dropped by Rockies initially and they admitted too that they did not get out and train with us, they did not give us a lot of phone numbers or contact number and I believe all that was straightened out at the meeting," says Bo Keck, Director of the Muskingum County Emergency...
Philo residents who live near the Rockies Express Pipeline are back in their homes after a gas leak near Irish Ridge Road on Saturday, but some are still on edge.
Muskingum County Commissioner, Brian Hill, says that is completely understandable.
"I'm sure it made them nerous. It would make me as well. Again, I think the responders-as in any kind of accident-responded well and did their jobs. I guess that would help me feel somewhat settled, " says Hill.
Hill says...
The evacuated residents are back in their homes, but they say they are concerned for their safety after the Rockies Express Pipeline gas leak.
"I was on my porch, heard it and then looked over toward the pumping station and saw a big cloud dust and gas blowing toward the house, Phil Crowders house. You could hear a constant noise it sounded like a jet taking off," tells resident Dan Wilson.
Residents who live near the compressor station say they were alarmed...
A big boom and jet engine-like noises could be heard near Philo Saturday morning.
Part of the Rockies Express Pipeline ruptured around 10:30 AM, because of a gas leak. It happened near the compressor station on Irish Ridge Road. Due to preset safety measures, the pipeline shut down after the rupture.
"There were no injuries. There was actually no fire, just the explosion the gas blowing out of the ground or out of the plant, I am not sure...
The pipeliners are gone from Zanesville, but they are leaving something behind to help local students.
The Rockies Express Pipeline is donating a $4,000 piece of pipe to the Mid East Career and Technology Center. Officials with the pipeline say they wanted the surplus material to be used by student welders to practice on.
"It is a good opportunity for students, it is nice when business and industry takes an active role in the career programs here at the school and...
