Northern has scheduled the planned service outages that will affect operating capacity within the months of October 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 Area
Central Mainline
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Viking/NNG Pierz ITE (POI 61667)
Location: Pierz, Minnesota compressor station
Project Description: In-line inspections between the North Branch, Minnesota compressor station and Cambridge, Minnesota
Month(s): October 2019
Direction of Flow: Receipt
Capacity Impact: Northern does not anticipate primary firm service will be impacted as Northern will not allocate Viking/NNG Pierz ITE (POI 61667) to the extent there is available capacity for Northern to physically flow net receipts at Viking Chisago/Isanti (POI 196) or Viking/NNG Polk ITE (POI 62983). Primary firm at Viking/NNG Pierz ITE (POI 61667) will be scheduled prior to alternate volumes at Viking Chisago/Isanti (POI 196) or Viking/NNG Polk ITE (POI 62983).
Revision: The in-line inspections have been completed ahead of schedule. Capacity for Viking/NNG Pierz ITE (POI 61667) for October 2019 will be returned to normal operating capacity.
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): October 2019 through November 2019
Direction of Flow: Delivery
Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will not be impacted.
Revision: Due to rescheduled outages, capacity impacts for Field to Demarc (Group 831) and Beatrice North (Group 832) for October 2019 have been updated.
Field Area
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 modifications at the Sunray, Texas compressor station
Month(s): October 2019 and November 2019
Direction of Flow: Receipt
Capacity Impact: Northern does not anticipate primary firm service will be impacted for the ETC Sunray Plant (POI 58676) and Sunray Low (Group 10). Primary firm service will not be impacted for Sunray High (Group 32) and Beaver C System (Group 31).
Revision: Due to rescheduled outages, capacity impacts for ETC Sunray Plant (POI 58676), Sunray Low (Group 10), Sunray High (Group 32), and Beaver C System (Group 31) for October 2019 and November 2019 have been updated.
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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