http://www.ohio.com/news/pipeline-to-be-altered-to-ship-ohio-shale-...

One of the largest natural gas pipelines built in the United States will be made bidirectional to transport natural gas from Ohio to the Midwest and potentially to the West.

The Rockies Express Pipeline, called REX, previously was used to ship natural gas from Colorado and Wyoming to Ohio. But the shale boom in Ohio and Pennsylvania has reduced the demand for natural gas shipped east in the pipeline.

The announcement on the future of the 1,698-mile pipeline is additional evidence of the growing power of Ohio’s developing Utica shale. The news came this week from Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, based in Overland Park, Kan.

The company said it had signed an agreement with an unnamed Utica driller that wants to ship natural gas from Ohio to the middle of the United States.