Rover Pipeline lifts flow reduction
Thursday, September 13, 2018
Energy Transfer Partners’ Rover Pipeline resumed normal operations after issuing a flow reduction to about 250 MMcf per day on one of the supply laterals it recently started up, according to Platts.
The company sent a notice to its customers last Friday stating the force majeure for unexpected repairs on the Majorsville lateral and the associated capacity restriction were lifted.
The Majorsville lateral runs about 24 miles from a receipt point in Marshall County, West Virginia, to an interconnect with the Clarington lateral in Belmont, Ohio.
Learn more: Platts > Rover natural gas pipeline lifts restriction on capacity at key supply lateral
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