Northern has scheduled the service outages that will affect operating capacity within the months of March 2021 through October 2021. 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
Ogden North
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): GRLKS/NNG Carlton IC (POI 388)
Location: Station maintenance at the Great Lakes/NNG Carlton interconnect and an in-line inspection on Northern’s mainlines between the North Branch, Minnesota and Carlton, Minnesota compressor stations
Project Description: Pipeline and station maintenance
Months: March 2021, April 2021 and June 2021
Direction of Flow: Receipt
Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will not be impacted.
Central Mainline
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): TIGT Milligan (POI 210)
Location: Northern’s Beatrice, Nebraska compressor station
Project Description: Station maintenance
Months: April 2021 through May 2021
Direction of Flow: Receipt and delivery
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 Tescott, Kansas and Ogden, Iowa compressor stations.
Project Description: Station Maintenance
Months: March 2021 through October 2021
Direction of Flow: Delivery
Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will not be impacted.
Revision: Capacity impacts have been updated for April 2021 through May 2021.
Field Area
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Jal to Gaines (Group 824)
Location: Northern’s mainlines between the Jal, New Mexico and the Gaines County, Texas compressor station.
Project Description: Pipeline Maintenance
Months: April 2021
Direction of Flow: Receipt
Capacity Impact: Northern does not anticipate primary firm service will be impacted.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Sunray Low (Group 10), Sunray High (Group 32), Beaver C System (Group 31) and ETC Sunray Plant (POI 58676)
Location: Northern’s Sunray, Texas compressor station
Project Description: Station maintenance
Months: March 2021 through June 2021
Direction of Flow: Receipt
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted for Sunray Low (Group 10) and ETC Sunray Plant (POI 58676). Primary firm service will not be impacted for Sunray High (Group 32) and Beaver C System (Group 31).
Revision: Capacity impacts have been added for June 2021 for Sunray Low (Group 10) and Sunray High (Group 32).
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Pampa North (Group 1023), TW/NNG Gray Interconnect (POI 60667), Brownfield North (Group 1022), Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825) and Seminole Subsystem (Group 598)
Location: Northern’s mainlines between the Gaines County, Texas and Beaver, Oklahoma compressor stations, and station maintenance at the Gaines County, Texas compressor station and at TW/NNG Gray Interconnect (POI 60667).
Project Description: Station and pipeline maintenance
Months: April 2021 through June 2021
Direction of Flow: Delivery for Pampa North (Group 1023), Brownfield North (Group 1022) and Seminole Subsystem (Group 598), and receipt for TW/NNG Gray ITE (POI 60667) and Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825)
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted for Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825). Northern does not anticipate primary firm service will be impacted for Pampa North (Group 1023) and Brownfield North (Group 1022). Primary firm service will not be impacted for TW/NNG Gray ITE (POI 60667) and Seminole Subsystem (Group 598).
Revision: Capacity impacts have been added in June 2021 for Pampa North (Group 1023), Brownfield North (Group 1022) and Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825).
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Spraberry Station (Group 602) and Spraberry 12-inch (Group 601)
Location: Northern’s Spraberry, Texas compressor station.
Project Description: Station Maintenance
Months: June 2021
Direction of Flow: Receipt for Spraberry Station (Group 602) and delivery for Spraberry 12-inch (Group 601)
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Oasis Bakersfield Pecos Co. (POI 79340)
Location: Northern’s Bakersfield, Texas compressor station.
Project Description: Station Maintenance
Months: June 2021
Direction of Flow: Delivery
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted.
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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