Northern has scheduled the service outages that will affect operating capacity within the months of February 2023 through October 2023. 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): Ventura South (Group 735)
Location: Northern’s mainlines between the Ogden, Iowa compressor station and the NBPL/NNG Ventura interconnect (POI 192)
Project Description: Pipeline maintenance
Months: April 2023 through September 2023
Direction of Flow: Delivery
Capacity Impact: Northern does not anticipate primary firm service to be impacted.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Earlville East (Group 487) 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: April 2023 through August 2023
Direction of Flow: Delivery
Capacity Impact: Northern does not anticipate primary firm service will be impacted for Earlville East (Group 487). Primary firm service will not be impacted for Belleville East (Group 488).
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): TBPL/NNG 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 the point operator to mitigate potential customer impact. If the point operator is unable to perform its scheduled commitment, Northern may have to allocate receipt volumes to equal physical flows.
Month(s): April 2023 through June 2023
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 2023 through October 2023
Direction of Flow: Delivery
Capacity Impact: Northern does not anticipate primary firm service will be impacted.
Field Area
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Beaver C System (Group 31), Beaver C & Beaver North (Group 1080), Beaver North (Group 1025), Brownfield North (Group 1022), Pampa North (Group 1023), Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825), PEPL/NNG Mullinville (POI 173), ANR/NNG Greensburg (POI 179), and Seminole Subsystem (Group 598).
Location: Station maintenance at the Planview, Claude, and Pampa compressor stations located in Texas. Pipeline maintenance between Brownfield, Texas and Plainview, Texas.
Project Description: Pipeline and station maintenance
Months: February 2023 through May 2023
Direction of Flow:
Delivery: Beaver C & Beaver North (Group 1080), Beaver North (Group 1025), Brownfield North (Group 1022), Pampa North (Group 1023), and ANR/NNG Greensburg (POI 179)
Receipt: Beaver C System (Group 31), PEPL/NNG Mullinville (POI 173), Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825), and Seminole Subsystem (Group 598)
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted at PEPL/NNG Mullinville (POI 173). Northern does not anticipate primary firm service to be impacted at Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825), Brownfield North (Group 1022), Beaver C & Beaver North (Group 1080), and Pampa North (Group 1023). Primary firm will not be impacted at Beaver C System (Group 31), Beaver North (Group 1025), Seminole Subsystem (Group 598), and ANR/NNG Greensburg (POI 179).
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Sunray Low (Group 10), Sunray High (Group 32), and ETC Sunray Plant (POI 58676)
Location: Sunray, Texas compressor station
Project Description: Pipeline and Station maintenance
Months: February 2023, April 2023 and May 2023
Direction of Flow:
Delivery: ETC Sunray Plant (Point 58676)
Receipt: Sunray Low (Group 10) and Sunray High (Group 32)
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).
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): DCP Linam Ranch (POI 1709)
Location: DCP Linam Ranch (POI 1709)
Project Description: Station maintenance
Months: April 2023
Direction of Flow: Receipt
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted for DCP Linam Ranch (POI 1709).
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 maintenance
Months: February 2023 through May 2023
Direction of Flow:
Delivery: Spraberry 12-inch (Group 601) and Spraberry 16-inch (Group 1112)
Receipt: Spraberry Station (Group 602)
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted for Spraberry Station (Group 602), Spraberry 12-inch (Group 601), and Spraberry 16-inch (Group 1112).
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.