A brief description of the most recent change(s) to the Planned Service Outage Summary follows.
Market Area
East Leg
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Waterloo East (Group 773), Earlville East (Group 487), Galena East (Group 463) and Belleville East (Group 488)
Location: Between Ogden, Iowa and Belleville, Wisconsin compressor stations
Project Description: Station maintenance at the Ogden, Waterloo and Earlville, Iowa; Galena, Illinois; and Belleville, Wisconsin compressor stations. In addition, in-line inspection modifications on the Dubuque to Galena and Galena to ANR-Janesville lines are being completed.
Month(s): April 2019 through July 2019
Direction of Flow: Delivery
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm capacity will be impacted.
Revision: Outage dates and capacity impacts have been updated for May 2019 through July 2019.
Central Mainline
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): TIGT Milligan (POI 210), Ellsworth Central Delivery (POI 19103), American Energies-Garfield (POI 18270) and Rupe Central Delivery (POI 61201)
Location: Mainline between Bushton, Kansas and Palmyra, Nebraska compressor stations
Project Description: Pipeline modifications between the Bushton, Kansas and Palmyra, Nebraska compressor stations and station maintenance at the Palmyra, Nebraska compressor station
Month(s): May 2019 through October 2019
Direction of Flow: Receipt
Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will not be impacted.
Revision: Additional capacity impacts for pipeline modifications associated with Northern’s A-line abandonment project for May 2019 through October 2019
Market/Field Areas Combined
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Field to Demarc (Group 831) and Beatrice North (Group 832)
Location: Northern’s mainlines located between the Macksville, Kansas and Oakland, Iowa compressor stations
Project Description: Pipeline maintenance and modifications along the pipelines from the Macksville, Kansas compressor station north to the Clifton, Kansas compressor station (Demarc) in the Field Area, and from Clifton, Kansas to the Oakland, Iowa compressor station in the Market Area.
Month(s): April 2019 through October 2019
Direction of Flow: Delivery
Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will not be impacted.
Revision: Capacity impacts for Field to Demarc (Group 831) have been updated for April 2019. Due to outages being rescheduled, capacity impacts for Beatrice North (Group 832) have been updated for June 2019 through July 2019.
Field Area
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Beaver North (Group 1025) and PEPL Mullinville (POI 173)
Location: Beaver, Oklahoma and Mullinville, Kansas compressor stations
Project Description: Station modifications and an in-line inspection between the Beaver, Oklahoma and Mullinville, Kansas compressor stations
Month(s): April 2019 through October 2019
· Actual outage dates and capacity impacts are dependent upon receipt of the in-line inspection report and will be updated as additional information becomes available
Direction of Flow: Delivery for the group and receipt for the point
Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will not be impacted.
Revision: Capacity impacts for Beaver North (Group 1025) have been updated for April 2019, May 2019 and July 2019.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): ETC Sunray Plant (POI 58676), Sunray Low (Group 10), Sunray High (Group 32), and Beaver C System (Group 31)
Location: Sunray, Texas compressor station
Project Description: Station maintenance at the Sunray, Texas compressor station
Month(s): April 2019
Direction of Flow: Receipt
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm capacity will be impacted.
Revision: Capacity impacts for Sunray High (Group 32) and Beaver C System (Group 31) have been updated for April 2019.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): SPS-Lea Plants (POI 78975), Pinnacle Lea (POI 56403), DCP Eunice Plant (POI 36513), DCP Linam Ranch Plant (POI 1709), DCP Raptor Lea Co. (POI 200), ETC Jal #3 Plant (POI 62873), Targa Eunice Plant (POI 6751), Targa Monument Plant (POI 6332)
Location: Northern’s mainlines between Hobbs, New Mexico and Plains, Texas compressor stations
Project Description: Pipeline maintenance between Hobbs, New Mexico and Plains, Texas compressor stations
Month(s): May 2019
Direction of Flow: Receipt and delivery
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm capacity will be impacted.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Brownfield North (Group 1022), Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825), Spraberry 12-inch (Group 601), and Spraberry Station (Group 602)
Location: Northern’s mainline between Spraberry, Texas and Plainview, Texas compressor stations and at the Brownfield, Texas compressor station
Project Description: Station maintenance at the Spraberry, Plainview, Gaines County, and Brownfield, Texas compressor stations and in-line inspection verification between the Spraberry and Gaines County, Texas compressor stations.
Month(s): April 2019, May 2019, June 2019, and July 2019
· Actual outage dates and capacity impacts are dependent upon receipt of the in-line inspection report and will be updated as additional information becomes available
Direction of Flow: Receipt and Delivery
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm capacity will be impacted. Operating capacity is fully subscribed in Brownfield North (Group 1022). Northern anticipates that customers with primary firm receipts south of the Brownfield compressor station and primary firm deliveries north of the Brownfield compressor station should expect a minimum pro-rata share of the firm capacity of 91% for the May 14 outage and 65% for the May 21 and 22 outage.
Revision: May 2019 outage dates have been updated for Brownfield North (Group 1022) and Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825). Additional capacity impacts have been included in June 2019 and July 2019.
The dates indicated are the anticipated days for the maintenance and modifications to be performed and completed. Please continue to monitor Northern’s website for updates.
Please see Operationally Available Capacity on Northern’s website for current flow information and the Field Area Group Allocation Maps and Market Area Group Allocation Maps for a list of impacted points.
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