Northern has scheduled the service outages that will affect operating capacity within the months of May 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): Viking Chisago/Isanti (POI 196) and Viking/NNG Pierz IC (POI 61667)
Location: North Branch and Pierz compressor stations located in Minnesota
Project Description: Station maintenance
Months: May 2023 through July 2023
Direction of Flow:
Delivery: Viking Chisago/Isanti (POI 196) and Viking/NNG Pierz IC (POI 61667)
Receipt: Viking Chisago/Isanti (POI 196) and Viking/NNG Pierz IC (POI 61667)
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted for Viking Chisago/Isanti Receipts (POI 196) and Viking/NNG Pierz IC Receipts (POI 61667). Northern does not anticipate primary firm service will be impacted at Viking Chisago/Isanti Deliveries (POI 196) and Viking/NNG Pierz IC Deliveries (POI 61667).
Revision: Capacity impacts for Viking Chisago/Isanti (POI 196) have been updated for July 2023. Capacity impacts for Viking/NNG Pierz IC (POI 61667) have been updated for June 2023.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Waterloo East (Group 773), 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. Waterloo and Earlville compressor stations located in Iowa.
Project Description: Pipeline and compressor station maintenance
Months: May 2023 through August 2023
Direction of Flow:
Delivery: Waterloo East (Group 773), Earlville East (Group 487), and Belleville East (Group 488)
Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will not be impacted for Waterloo East (Group 773), Earlville East (Group 487), and Belleville East (Group 488).
Revision: Capacity impacts for Waterloo East (Group 773) and Earlville East (Group 487) have been updated for June 2023 and July 2023.
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: May 2023 through October 2023
Direction of Flow:
Delivery: Field to Demarc (Group 831) and Beatrice North (Group 832)
Capacity Impact: Northern does not anticipate primary firm service will be impacted.
Revision: Capacity impacts for Field to Demarc (Group 831) and Beatrice North (Group 832) have been updated for July.
Field Area
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Sunray Low (Group 10) and Sunray High (Group 32)
Location: Sunray compressor station located in Texas
Project Description: Pipeline and station maintenance
Months: May 2023 through July 2023
Direction of Flow:
Delivery: Sunray Low (Group 10) and Sunray High (Group 32)
Capacity Impact: Primary firm service will not be impacted for Sunray Low (Group 10) and Sunray High (Group 32)
Revision: Capacity impacts for Sunray Low (Group 10), and Sunray High (Group 32) have been updated for May 2023 through July 2023.
Allocation Group(s)/Point(s): Beaver North (Group 1025), PEPL/NNG Mullinville (POI 173), ANR/Greensburg (POI 179), Beaver C System (Group 31), Beaver C and Beaver North (Group 1080), Brownfield North (Group 1022), Pampa North (Group 1023), Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825), and Seminole Subsystem (Group 598)
Location: Mainline and compressor stations between Kermit compressor station located in Texas and Beaver compressor stations located in Oklahoma
Project Description: Pipeline and Station Maintenance
Months: June and July 2023
Direction of Flow:
Delivery: Beaver North (Group 1025), Beaver C and Beaver North (Group 1080), Brownfield North (Group 1022), Pampa North (Group 1023), Seminole Subsystem (Group 598), and ANR/Greensburg (POI 179)
Receipt: Beaver C System (Group 31), Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825), and PEPL/NNG Mullinville (POI 173)
Capacity Impact: Northern anticipates primary firm service will be impacted for PEPL/NNG Mullinville (POI 173) and Mitchell to Gaines (Group 825). Northern does not anticipate primary firm service will be impacted for Beaver C and Beaver North (Group 1080), Brownfield North (Group 1022), Pampa North (Group 1023), and Seminole Subsystem (Group 598). Primary firm service will not be impacted for Beaver North (Group 1025), ANR/Greensburg (POI 179), and Beaver C System (Group 31).
Revision: Capacity impacts for Beaver North (Group 1025), Beaver C and Beaver North (Group 1080), Beaver C System (Group 31), Brownfield North (Group 1022), Pampa North (Group 1023), and Seminole Subsystem (Group 598) have been updated for July 2023.
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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