Drilling operations on nine HDD locations approved by the FERC are expected to begin within the week with an emphasis on the Captina Creek HDD in Belmont County, Ohio (USA). The completion of the Captina Creek HDD will allow the full Phase 1 portion of Rover from Seneca (Ohio) to Defiance (Ohio), to be placed into service by the end of the year. Phase 1a of the Rover project from Cadiz (Ohio) to Defiance was successfully put into service on 31 August 2017.