FERC Clears Rover Laterals
Energy Transfer Partners said August 23 the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Ferc) had authorised its Rover Pipeline unit to begin service immediately on the Burgettstown and Majorsville supply laterals, allowing for 100% of the long-haul contractual commitments on the 3.25bn ft3/day Rover system to begin September 1.
ETF and Rover had lashed out at Ferc in early July over the regulatory agency’s apparent lack of interest in approving service on the two laterals, even though most other parts of Rover had been in operation since early June.
Rover is a 713-mile natural gas pipeline that transports natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica production areas to markets across the US and to the Dawn gas storage hub in southern Ontario.
When in full operation, Rover will transport gas from West Virginia, eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania to pipeline interconnects in West Virginia and eastern Ohio as well as to the Midwest Hub near Defiance, Ohio, where up to 68% of the gas will be delivered for distribution to markets across the US.