Northern has scheduled the service outages that will affect operating capacity within the months of April 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, Minnesota and North Branch, Minnesota

Project Description: Pipeline and station maintenance

Note: Northern will not allocate Viking Chisago/Isanti (POI 196) or Viking/NNG Pierz ITE (POI 61667) to the extent there is available capacity for Northern to physically flow net receipts at the other receipt point. Primary volumes at the station under maintenance will be scheduled prior to alternate volumes at the station in-service.

Months: June 2022 through July 2022

Direction of Flow: Receipt and delivery

Capacity Impact: Northern does not anticipate primary firm service will be impacted.

Revision: Capacity impacts for Viking Chisago/Isanti (POI 196) have been added for July 2022.

Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): REX/NNG Gage County

Location: Northern’s mainlines between the Clifton, Kansas and the Beatrice, Nebraska compressor stations

Project Description: Pipeline and station maintenance

Months: July 2022

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 Tescott, Kansas and Ogden, Iowa compressor stations

Project Description: Pipeline and station maintenance

Months: April 2022 through October 2022

Direction of Flow: Delivery

Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will not be impacted.

Revision: Capacity impacts for Field to Demarc (Group 831) and Beatrice North (Group 832) have been updated for July 2022.

Field Area

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: April 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 for Spraberry Station (Group 602), Spraberry 12-inch (Group 601), and Spraberry 16-inch (Group 1112) have been updated for May 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 September 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 Sunray High (Group 32) for May 2022 through June 2022. Capacity impacts for Sunray Low (Group 10) and Sunray High (Group 32) have been added for July 2022 through September 2022. 

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 for Brownfield North (Group 1022) and Pampa North (Group 1023) have been removed for May 2022 and added for June 2022. Capacity impacts for Beaver North (Group 1025) have been added for June 2022. Capacity impacts for PEPL/NNG Mullinville (POI 173) have been added for June 2022 and July 2022.

Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825) and Seminole Subsystem (Group 598)

Location: Northern’s mainline south of Brownfield, Texas and station maintenance at the Gaines County, Texas compressor station

Project Description: Station and pipeline maintenance

Months: May 2022 through June 2022

Direction of Flow: Receipt for Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825) and both receipt and delivery for Seminole Subsystem (Group 598)

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 Seminole Subsystem (Group 598).

Revision: Capacity impacts for Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825) and Seminole Subsystem (Group 598) have been removed for May 2022 and added for June 2022. 

Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Targa Edward Plant Upton Co (POI 79219)

Location: Targa Edward Plant Upton Co (POI 79219)

Project Description: Station maintenance

Months: June 2022

Direction of Flow: Delivery for Targa Edward Plant Upton Co (POI 79219)

Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will not 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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