Northern has scheduled the planned service outages that will affect operating capacity within the months of July through November 2019. Please review the Planned Service Outage Summary for detailed information related to each outage.
A brief description of the most recent change(s) to the Planned Service Outage Summary follows.
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 stations in the Market Area
Month(s): July 2019 through November 2019
Direction of Flow: Delivery
Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will not be impacted.
Revision: Due to outages being rescheduled, capacity impacts for Beatrice North (Group 832) have been updated for July 2019.
Field Area
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Brownfield North (Group 1022) and Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825)
Location: Gaines County, Texas and Pampa, Texas compressor stations
Project Description: Station maintenance at the Gaines County, Texas and Pampa, Texas compressor stations
Month(s): July 2019
Direction of Flow: Delivery for Brownfield North (Group 1022) and receipt for Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825)
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 63% for the outage.
Revision: Station work at the Gaines County, Texas compressor station was completed ahead of schedule. Scheduled work remains at the Pampa, Texas compressor station. Capacity impacts for Brownfield North (Group 1022) and Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825) have been updated for July 2, 2019.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Spraberry 12-inch (Group 601) and Spraberry Station (Group 602)
Location: Northern’s mainline between Rankin, Texas and the Spraberry, Texas compressor station
Project Description: In-line inspection verification between Rankin, Texas and the Spraberry, Texas compressor station.
Month(s): 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.
Revision: Northern received a favorable in-line inspection report for Northern’s pipeline system between the Rankin, Texas and the Spraberry, Texas compressor station. Capacity impacts for Spraberry 12-inch (Group 601) and Spraberry Station (Group 602) have been updated for July 2-8, 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.
If you have any questions, contact your customer service or marketing representative.