UNIONTOWN — A Texas company has abandoned plans for a natural gas pipeline in southwestern Pennsylvania, citing legal costs and falling natural gas production.

On Wednesday, a senior vice president with Peregrine Keystone Gas Pipeline has confirmed it’s abandoning plans for a nine-mile pipeline through parts of Fayette, Greene and Washington counties.

The executive, Lorne Fuller, says the company believes it would have faced ongoing legal action even if it overturned an adverse ruling by the state.