Northern has scheduled the service outages that will affect operating capacity within the months of April 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): Viking/NNG Pierz Interconnect (POI 61667)
Location: Northern’s 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 May 2021 through August 2021. 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)
Months: June 2021 through September 2021
Direction of Flow: Receipt and delivery
Capacity Impact: Northern does not anticipate primary firm service will be impacted.
Revision: Capacity impacts have been removed for May 2021.
Field Area
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), Brownfield North (Group 1022) and Seminole Subsystem (Group 598). Primary firm service will not be impacted for TW/NNG Gray ITE (POI 60667).
Revision: Capacity impacts have been updated for April 2021.
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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