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Rover Pipeline
Energy Transfer Partners’ Rover
Pipeline will move Marcellus and Utica
shale products to market hubs that reach
Midwest, Gulf Coast, Canadian and
U.S. Northeast markets. The pipeline is
designed to receive natural gas at 12 lo-
cations along its 710-mile route and will
deliver to five different stations, includ-
ing the Panhandle Eastern, ANR, Vector,
Columbia Gas Transmission and Rockies
Express pipelines.
Rover will transport 3.25 billion cubic
feet of natural gas per day and include four
mainline compressor stations, six supply
lateral compressor stations and various
other ancillary facilities along its route. The
project will make direct deliveries to Ohio,
West Virgi nia, Michigan and Canada and
also construct a pipeline segment from the
Midwest Hub in Defiance County, Ohio,
through Michigan to a connection with
the Vector Pipeline, enabling deliveries to
Ontario, Canada.
Under Construction
“Natural gas pipelines are a key com-
ponent of America’s energy infrastructure
and the safest and most environmentally
safe way of transporting natural gas,” says
Alexis Daniel, media representative for the
Rover Pipeline. “Rover has been working
with local, state and federal agencies for
the permitting of the project for more than
three years, and we are excited to be able
to support this energy source that provides
for cleaner air and energy independence.”
A $4.2 billion pipeline, Rover will
directly impact local communities and
the national labor force by creating up
to 10,000 construction jobs, with 2,200
of those being in the Mountain State, and
spending millions of dollars on goods and
services, materials and equipment. Up
to 40 permanent jobs are expected to be
created in Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania
and West Virginia, and property taxes are
estimated to be $147 million during the
first full year the pipeline is in service.
The project received its Certificate of
Public Convenience and Necessity from
the FERC on February 2, 2017. Tree-
clearing for the Rover began shortly after,
and construction began on March 3. The
pipeline is projected to be in service to
the Defiance, Ohio, hub by July and to
the Dawn hub in Ontario by November.
Construction on the Rover
Pipeline, which began on
March 3, 2017. Photo by
Energy Transfer Partners.
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