Northern has scheduled the service outages that will affect operating capacity within the months of August 2022 through November 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: August 2022 through September 2022
Direction of Flow: Receipt and delivery
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates that primary firm service will be impacted for Viking Chisago/Isanti (POI 196). Northern does not anticipate primary firm service will be impacted for Viking/NNG Pierz ITE (POI 61667).
Revision: Capacity impacts for Viking Chisago/Isanti (POI 196) have been added to September 2022.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Waterloo East (Group 773), Earlville East (Group 487), Galena East (Group 463), and Belleville East (Group 488)
Location: Northern’s mainlines between the Ogden, Iowa compressor station and the Bluff Creek, Wisconsin delivery station
Project Description: Pipeline maintenance
Months: August 2022 through October 2022
Direction of Flow: Delivery
Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will not be impacted.
Revision: Capacity impacts have been updated for August 2022 through October 2022.
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): September 2022 through October 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), Pampa North (Group 1023), Brownfield North (Group 1022), Beaver C System (Group 31), Beaver C and Beaver North (Group 1080), Roger Mills Hemphill System (Group 14) and PEPL/NNG Mullinville (POI 173)
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: August 2022 through November 2022
Direction of Flow: Delivery for Beaver North (Group 1025), Pampa North (Group 1023), Brownfield North (Group 1022) and Beaver C and Beaver North (Group 1080), 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) and Pampa North (Group 1023). Northern does not anticipate primary firm service will be impacted for Beaver C and Beaver North (Group 1080) and PEPL/NNG Mullinville (POI 173). Primary firm service will not be impacted for Beaver North (Group 1025), Beaver C System (Group 31), and Roger Mills Hemphill System (Group 14).
Revision: Capacity impacts have been updated for August 2022 through November 2022.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Spraberry Station (Group 602), Spraberry 12-inch (Group 601), Spraberry 16-inch (Group 1112), and Mitchell to Plymouth (Group 760)
Location: Spraberry, Texas compressor station
Project Description: Station and pipeline maintenance
Months: August 2022 through October 2022
Direction of Flow: Receipt for Spraberry Station (Group 602) and Mitchell to Plymouth (Group 760) and delivery for Spraberry 12-inch (Group 601), Spraberry 16-inch (Group 1112), and Spraberry (Group 600)
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted for Spraberry Station (Group 602) and Spraberry 12-inch (Group 601). Primary firm service will not be impacted for Spraberry 16-inch (Group 1112) and Mitchell to Plymouth (Group 760).
Revision: Capacity impacts have been added to August 2022 and updated for September 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: August 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 have been added to August 2022 and removed from September 2022 and November 2022.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Sunray Low (Group 10), Sunray High (Group 32), and ETC Sunray (POI 58676)
Location: Sunray, Texas compressor station
Project Description: Station and pipeline maintenance
Months: August 2022 through November 2022
Direction of Flow: Receipt
Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will be impacted for Sunray Low (Group 10) and ETC Sunray (POI 58676). Primary firm service will not be impacted for Sunray High (Group 32).
Revision: Capacity impacts have been updated for October 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.