Northern has scheduled the service outages that will affect operating capacity within the months of June 2020 through November 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
East Leg
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Earlville East (Group 487), Galena East (Group 463), and Belleville East (Group 488)
Location: Northern’s mainline between Galena, Illinois and Belleville, Wisconsin and the Galena, Illinois and Belleville, Wisconsin compressor stations
Project Description: Station and pipeline maintenance
Month(s): June 2020 through August 2020
Direction of Flow: Delivery
Capacity Impact: Northern does not anticipate primary firm service will be impacted.
Revision: Capacity impacts have been added for August 2020.
West Leg
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Angus Anson (POI 60816)
Location: Northern’s mainline between Paullina, Iowa and Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Project Description: Pipeline maintenance
Month(s): July 2020
Direction of Flow: Delivery
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted.
Revision: Capacity impacts have been removed for July 2020.
Central Mainline
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): TIGT Milligan (POI 210)
Location: Palmyra, Nebraska
Project Description: Station maintenance at the Palmyra, Nebraska compressor station and pipeline maintenance
Month(s): June 2020 through August 2020
Direction of Flow: Receipt
Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will not be impacted.
Revision: Capacity impacts have been added for July 2020 and August 2020.
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): June 2020 through November 2020
Direction of Flow: Delivery
Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will not be impacted.
Revision: Capacity impacts have been updated for July 2020 through November 2020 for Field to Demarc (Group 831) and Beatrice North (Group 832).
Field Area
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Beaver North (Group 1025), PEPL/NNG Mullinville (POI 173) and ANR/NNG Greensburg (POI 179)
Location: Beaver, Oklahoma and Mullinville, Kansas compressor stations
Project Description: Station modifications and in-line inspection modifications between the Beaver, Oklahoma and Mullinville, Kansas compressor stations
Month(s): June 2020 through November 2020
Direction of Flow: Delivery for Beaver North (Group 1025) and ANR/NNG Greensburg (POI 179) and receipt for PEPL/NNG Mullinville (POI 173)
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted for PEPL/NNG Mullinville (POI 173). Primary firm service will not be impacted for Beaver North (Group 1025) and ANR/NNG Greensburg (POI 179).
Revision: Capacity impacts have been updated for PEPL/NNG Mullinville (POI 173) for August 2020 and added for Beaver North (Group 1025) for November 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): June 2020 through August 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 added for August 2020.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Brownfield North (Group 1022), Pampa North (Group 1023), Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825) and Oasis Bakersfield (POI 79340)
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 through September 2020
Direction of Flow: Delivery for Brownfield North (Group 1022) and Pampa North (Group 1023). Receipt for Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825) and Oasis Bakersfield (POI 79340)
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted.
Revision: Capacity impacts have been added for August 2020 and September 2020.
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.