Energy Transfer Announces FERC Approval to Place Rover Pipeline’s Mainline Compressor Station 1 into Partial Service

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Energy Transfer Partners (NYSE: ETP) announced today that Rover Pipeline, LLC received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to begin operating three compressor units at its Mainline Compressor Station 1 in Carroll County, Ohio. Phase 1A of the pipeline can now move more than 1 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas from Cadiz, Ohio, to Defiance, Ohio, which brings the project closer to its design total of 3.25 billion cubic feet per day. Phase 1A began operating on August 31, 2017. Phase 1B of the pipeline from Seneca, Ohio, to Cadiz, Ohio, is anticipated to be complete by the end of the year. The Rover Pipeline Project is expected to be in full service by the end of the first quarter of 2018.