Northern has scheduled the service outages that will affect operating capacity within the months of March 2022 through October 2022. 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
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Viking/NNG Pierz Interconnect (POI 61667) and Viking Chisago/Isanti (POI 196
Location: Northern’s Pierz, Minnesota compressor station and mainline between Hugo and North Branch, Minnesota
Project Description: Pipeline and station maintenance
Note: Northern will schedule primary volumes at Viking Chisago/Isanti (POI 196) or Viking/NNG Pierz ITE (POI 61667) to the extent that available capacity exists for Northern to physically flow receipt and delivery volumes at the in-service receipt point and the Viking/NNG Polk ITE (POI 62983) point. Primary volumes at the station under maintenance will be scheduled prior to alternate volumes at the station in-service.
Months: June 2022
Direction of Flow: Receipt and delivery
Capacity Impact: Northern does not anticipate primary firm service will be impacted.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Trailblazer/Beatrice (POI 1318)
Location: Northern’s Beatrice, Nebraska compressor station
Project Description: Station maintenance
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 2022
Direction of Flow: Receipt
Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will not be impacted.
Field Area
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Beaver North (Group 1025), Beaver C System (Group 31), Pampa North (Group 1023), Brownfield North (Group 1022), Roger Mills Hemphill System (Group 14), PEPL/NNG Mullinville (POI 173), and ANR/NNG Greensburg (POI 179)
Location: Northern’s mainlines between Clifton, Kansas and Brownfield, Texas, and station maintenance at the Gaines County, Claude, and Pampa compressor stations located in Texas
Project Description: Pipeline and station maintenance
Months: April 2022 through September 2022
Direction of Flow: Delivery for Beaver North (Group 1025), Pampa North (Group 1023), Brownfield North (Group 1022), and ANR/NNG Greensburg (POI 179), and receipt for Beaver C System (Group 31), Roger Mills Hemphill System (Group 14), and PEPL/NNG Mullinville (POI 173)
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted for Brownfield North (Group 1022). Northern does not anticipate primary firm service will be impacted for Pampa North (Group 1023) and PEPL/NNG Mullinville (POI 173). Primary firm service will not be impacted for Beaver North (Group 1025), Beaver C System (Group 31), Roger Mills Hemphill System (Group 14), and ANR/NNG Greensburg (POI 179).
Revision: Capacity impacts have been updated for April 2022 and May 2022. Capacity impacts for Beaver North (Group 1025) have been removed for June 2022.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Sunray Low (Group 10), Sunray High (Group 32), and ETC Sunray Plant (POI 58676)
Location: Northern’s Sunray, Texas compressor station
Project Description: Station maintenance
Months: April 2022 through May 2022
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).
Revision: Capacity impacts have been updated for April 2022 and May 2022.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Oasis Bakersfield Pecos Co. (POI 79340)
Location: Northern’s Bakersfield, Texas compressor station.
Project Description: Station maintenance
Months: June 2022
Direction of Flow: Delivery
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Spraberry Station (Group 602), Spraberry 12-inch (Group 601), and Spraberry 16-inch (Group 1112)
Location: Spraberry, Texas compressor station
Project Description: Station and pipeline maintenance
Months: March 2022 through May 2022
Direction of Flow: Receipt for Spraberry Station (Group 602) and delivery for Spraberry 12-inch (Group 601) and Spraberry 16-inch (Group 1112)
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted.
Revision: Capacity impacts have been added for Spraberry 12-inch (Group 601) and Spraberry 16-inch (Group 1112) for April 2022.
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.