The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission allowed Energy Transfer LP's Rover Pipeline LLC to put into service the last two laterals on the up-to-3.25-Bcf/d natural gas pipeline that provides a major western route out of the Marcellus and Utica shale region.
Energy Transfer in a Nov. 2 release announced that the authorization allows all remaining facilities on the over 500-mile pipeline to go into service. That means the Sherwood lateral, the CGT lateral and the associated compression and metering facilities in West Virginia are up and running. The final approval allowed Rover Pipeline to add a receipt point and delivery point for gas production in West Virginia.
Rover Pipeline asked FERC for permission to put the last two laterals in service on Aug. 31. FERC staff told Rover it would continue to monitor the right of way to make sure the pipeline company follows through with restoration, including fixing 44 ground movement areas.
After delays imposed by FERC over construction problems and environmental violations, the roughly $4.2 billion Rover project began operations in pieces starting late in August 2017. Rover transports gas from processing plants in West Virginia, eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania to the Midwest hub near Defiance, Ohio, for delivery to markets across the U.S., as well as to the Union Gas Ltd. Dawn storage hub in Ontario. (FERC docket CP15-93)
