Energy Transfer Partners LP has fully subscribed its Rover pipeline to transport 3.25 bcfd of natural gas through 15- and 20-year fee-based contracts.
The 800-mile line, estimated to cost $3.8-4.4 billion, will deliver gas from processing plants and interconnections in northwest West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, and eastern Ohio to the Midwest hub near Defiance, Ohio, as well as to multiple delivery points in Michigan and the Union Gas Hub near Sarnia, Ont.
Rover also will interconnect with ETP’s Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line, allowing shippers to deliver gas to Gulf Coast markets through ETP’s trunkline system.
Transportation from the supply regions to the Midwest hub near Defiance is expected to begin by December 2016 to serve the Gulf Coast and Midwest, ETP says. The remaining service to other markets including Michigan will be in service by mid-2017.
