Northern has scheduled the service outages that will affect operating capacity within the months of April 2020 through October 2020. 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 Chisago/Isanti (POI 196)
Location: Northern’s mainline between Hugo and North Branch, Minnesota
Project Description: Station maintenance at the North Branch, Minnesota compressor station
Note: Northern will be conducting station maintenance at the North Branch, Minnesota compressor station, which will affect capacity during June 2020. During this time, the operating capacity of the point will be zero; however, Northern will schedule primary volumes at Viking Chisago/Isanti (POI 196) to the extent that available capacity exists for Northern to physically flow receipt and delivery volumes at Viking/NNG Pierz ITE (POI 61667) or Viking/NNG Polk ITE (POI 62983). Primary volumes at Viking Chisago/Isanti (POI 196) will be scheduled prior to alternate volumes at Viking/NNG Pierz ITE (POI 61667) or Viking/NNG Polk ITE (POI 62983).
Month(s): June 2020
Direction of Flow: Receipt
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Viking/NNG Pierz Interconnect (POI 61667)
Location: Pierz, Minnesota compressor station
Project Description: Station maintenance at the Pierz, Minnesota compressor station
Note: Northern will be conducting station maintenance at the Pierz, Minnesota compressor station, which will affect capacity during June 2020. During this time, the operating capacity of the point will be zero; however, Northern will schedule primary volumes at Viking/NNG Pierz ITE (POI 61667) to the extent that available capacity exists for Northern to physically flow receipt and delivery volumes at Viking Chisago/Isanti (POI 196) or Viking/NNG Polk ITE (POI 62983). Primary volumes 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).
Month(s): June 2020
Direction of Flow: Receipt
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Trailblazer/Beatrice (POI 1318)
Location: Beatrice, Nebraska compressor station
Project Description: Station maintenance at the Beatrice, Nebraska compressor station
Note: Northern will be performing scheduled station maintenance at the Beatrice, Nebraska compressor station. During this time, the receipt capacity at TBPL/NNG Beatrice (POI 1318) will not be reduced; however, increased pressure during the outage may hinder the upstream pipeline from delivering the full capacity during the outage. Northern will be working with Trailblazer to mitigate potential customer impact. If Trailblazer is unable to perform its scheduled commitment, Northern may have to allocate scheduled volumes to equal physical flows.
Month(s): June 2020
Direction of Flow: Receipt
Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will not be impacted.
Market/Field Area Combined
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Field to Demarc (Group 831) and Beatrice North (Group 832)
Location: Northern’s mainlines between the Clifton, Kansas and Ogden, Iowa compressor stations
Project Description: Pipeline maintenance
Month(s): April 2020 through October 2020
Direction of Flow: Delivery
Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will not be impacted.
Revision: Capacity impacts have been updated for May 2020 through July 2020.
Field Area
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Sunray Low (Group 10) and Sunray High (Group 32)
Location: Spraberry, Texas compressor station
Project Description: Station maintenance at the Spraberry, Texas compressor station
Month(s): April 2020 through July 2020
Direction of Flow: Receipt
Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will not be impacted.
Revision: Capacity impacts have been added for July 2020.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Spraberry 12-inch (Group 601) and Spraberry Station (Group 602)
Location: Spraberry, Texas compressor station
Project Description: Station maintenance at the Spraberry, Texas compressor station
Month(s): May 2020 through July 2020
Direction of Flow: Delivery for Spraberry 12-inch (Group 601) and receipt for Spraberry Station (Group 602)
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted.
Revision: Capacity impacts have been updated for May 2020 through July 2020.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Brownfield North (Group 1022), Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825) and Oasis Bakersfield (POI 73940)
Location: Spraberry, Gaines County and Claude, Texas compressor stations
Project Description: Station maintenance at the Spraberry, Gaines County and Claude, Texas compressor stations
Month(s): June 2020 and July 2020
Direction of Flow: Delivery for Brownfield North (Group 1022) and receipt for Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825) and Oasis Bakersfield (POI 73940)
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted.
The operating capacities include the total of both transportation and operational storage capacity. Any unused operational storage capacity can be used for transportation volumes on a daily basis. Should conditions require Northern to use more of the operational storage capacity than anticipated, the operating capacities available for transportation will be reduced.
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.