Northern Natural Gas Pipeline
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The Northern Natural Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline in the United States.[1]
Location
The pipeline runs from the Permian Basin, Texas, to near Chicago, Illinois, and to Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan.
Project Details
Main System
- Operator: Northern Natural Gas Co[2]
- Owner: Northern Natural Gas Co[2]
- Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy[2]
- Capacity: 6.3 bcf/d[2]
- Length: 14300 mi[2]
- Status: Operating[2]
- Start year: 1930[2]
Northern Lights 2017 Expansion
- Operator: Northern Natural Gas Co[3]
- Owner: Northern Natural Gas Co[2]
- Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy[2]
- Capacity: 76 MMcf/d[4]
- Length: 5 mi[4]
- Status: Operating[4]
- Start year: 2017[4]
- Cost: US$44 million[4]
Rochester Expansion Project
- Operator: Northwest Natural Gas Co[3]
- Owner: Northern Natural Gas Co[2]
- Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy[2]
- Capacity: 37 MMcf/d[3]
- Length: 12.3 mi[3]
- Diameter: 16 in[3]
- Status: Operating[5]
- Start year: 2019[5]
- Cost: US$43 million[3]
Northern Lights 2019 Expansion
- Operator: Northern Natural Gas Co[3]
- Owner: Northern Natural Gas Co[2]
- Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy[2]
- Capacity: 101.411 MMcf/d[3]
- Length: 18.8 mi[3]
- Diameter: 24, 36 in[3]
- Status: Operating[5]
- Start year: 2019[5]
- Cost: US$158.07 million[3]
Northern Lights 2021 Expansion
- Operator: Northern Natural Gas Co[3]
- Owner: Northern Natural Gas Co[2]
- Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy[2]
- Capacity: 45.7 MMcf/d[6]
- Length: 21.6 mi[6]
- Diameter: 12, 24 in[6]
- Status: Operating[6]
- Start year: 2022[6]
- Cost: US$57.4 million[6]
Northern Lights 2023 Expansion
- Operator: Northern Natural Gas Co[6]
- Owner: Northern Natural Gas Co[6]
- Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy[2]
- Capacity: 50.9 MMcf/d[6]
- Length: 9 mi[6]
- Diameter: 8, 20, 24, 30, 36 in[6]
- Status: Operating[6]
- Start year: 2024[6]
- Cost: US$48.7 million[6]
A-Line Replacement Project
- Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy[2]
- Length: 1.5 mi[6]
- Status: Operating[6]
- Start year: 2023[6]
- Cost: US$31.2 million[6]
Lake City 1st Branch Line Abandonment and Capacity Replacement Project
- Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy[2]
- Length: 9.2 mi[6]
- Diameter: 6 in[6]
- Status: Operating[6]
- Start year: 2022[6]
- Cost: US$19.8 million[6]
C-Line Replacement Project
- Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy[2]
- Length: 9.07 mi[6]
- Diameter: 20 in[6]
- Status: Operating[6]
- Start year: 2023[6]
- Cost: US$37 million[6]
South Sioux City to Sioux Falls A-line Replacement Project
- Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy[2]
- Length: 84 mi[6]
- Diameter: 12 in[6]
- Status: Operating[6]
- Start year: 2024[6]
Tarzan Compressor Station Project
- Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy[2]
- Capacity: 87 MMcf/d[6]
- Length: 0 mi[6]
- Status: Proposed[6]
- Start year: 2026[6]
- Cost: US$36 million[6]
Northern Lights 2025 Expansion
- Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy[2]
- Capacity: 46 MMcf/d[6]
- Length: 9 mi[6]
- Diameter: 8, 30, 36 in[6]
- Status: Construction[6]
- Start year: 2025[6]
- Cost: US$61 million[6]
Background
Main System
Northern Natural Gas (NNG) is a natural gas pipeline that brings gas from the Permian Basin in Texas to the Chicago area, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.[1] It is owned by Berkshire Hathaway Energy.[7] Its FERC code is 59.[1]
Northern Lights 2017 Expansion
In January 2017, Northern Natural Gas received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to build a 2.0 mile extension in Sherburne County, Minnesota, and a 2.8 mile extension of the pipeline in Isanti County, Minnesota.[8] The 2.0 mile extension was completed and placed in service in July 2017 and the 2.8 mile extension was completed and placed in service in October 2017.[9] The two extensions increased the pipeline's capacity by 76 mcfd.[8]
Rochester Expansion Project
The Rochester Expansion Project will add capacity to the Northern Natural Gas Pipeline in Minnesota, USA. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the project entered service in December of 2019.[5][4]
Northern Lights 2019 Expansion
The "Northern Lights 2019" expansion will consist of: (1) 9.9 miles of 24-inch-diameter greenfield pipeline, (2) 13.5 miles of branch line and mainline loops/extensions ranging in size from 6-inch- to 36-inch-diameter pipeline; (3) additional compression at Northern’s existing Faribault and Owatonna compressor stations; and (4) a new compressor station located near Carver, Minnesota.[10]
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), as of January 2020, the project was partially complete and is expected to go into service in 2020.[5][4]
Northern Lights 2021 Expansion
The Northern Lights 2021 expansion project will include new looping, extension of existing lines, a new compressor station, and modifications to an existing compressor. Developers applied for approval with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in July, 2020.[6] In May 2021, FERC issued a certificate for the pipeline's construction.[11]
The project was completed in December 2022.[6]
Northern Lights 2023 Expansion
The 2023 expansion involves additional pipeline and facilities installed in various Minnesota and Wisconsin counties to expand capacity to the Northern Market Area, United States.[6]
The project was completed in October 2024.[6]
A-Line Replacement Project
Abandon 87 miles of A-line and replace its capacity with six mile extension to its existing D-Line in Wright County, Iowa. This was later reduced to 1.51 miles. The project was complete October 2023.[6]
Lake City 1st Branch Line Abandonment and Capacity Replacement Project
Abandon aging existing line and and replace lost capacity by uprating existing lines, and building a new pipeline segment. Once the Lake City 2nd branch line is in-service, the Lake City 1st line branch will be abandoned in Q2 2023.[6]
The project was completed in 2022.[6]
C-Line Replacement Project
Abandon in place part of Northern Natural A-Line (approx 29.63 miles of 16-inch diameter line) and construct and operate approx 9.07-mile extension of 20-inch diameter C-Line.[6]
The project was completed in 2023.[6]
South Sioux City to Sioux Falls A-line Replacement Project
Replacement of lines that runs between South Dakota and Nebraska.[6]
The project was completed in 2024.[6]
Tarzan Compressor Station Project
Project is to install and operate a new 11,152-HP compressor station in Andrews County, TX. Project will provide 87,000 Dth/day of new transportation capacity in growing Permian Basin. If approved, the project expects to complete in 2026.[6]
Northern Lights 2025 Expansion
Project is 4 extensions of branch lines of varying lengths and diameter pipe; minor modifications to the existing La Crescent CS, and above ground facilities. Project also includes removing approx 275 feet of an existing branch line. Project is to serve residential, commercial and industrial market growth in Northern's market area.[6]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Northern Natural Gas Pipeline, Wikipedia, accessed Aug. 21, 2021.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 "Northern Natural Gas". www.northernnaturalgas.com. Retrieved 2025-09-17.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Natural Gas Data, Pipeline Projects Energy Information Agency, July 16, 2020
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 National Energy and Petrochemical Map , FracTracker, February 28, 2020
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Natural Gas Data, Pipeline Projects Energy Information Agency, November 16, 2020
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 6.30 6.31 6.32 6.33 6.34 6.35 6.36 6.37 6.38 6.39 6.40 6.41 6.42 6.43 6.44 6.45 6.46 6.47 6.48 6.49 6.50 6.51 6.52 6.53 6.54 6.55 6.56 6.57 6.58 6.59 6.60 6.61 6.62 6.63 6.64 6.65 6.66 6.67 Natural Gas, Pipeline Projects, Energy Information Administration, accessed Aug. 21, 2021.
- ↑ Northern Natural Gas - About Us, Northern Natural Gas, accessed Aug. 21, 2021.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 158 FERC ¶ 61,079, FERC, Jan. 30, 2017, archived from the original, archived accessed Aug. 21, 2021.
- ↑ Northern's Biweekly Report #18, Northern Natural Gas, Nov. 17, 2017, accessed Aug. 21, 2021.
- ↑ Northern Lights 2019 - Rochester Expansion, Northern Natural Gas, accessed January 2018
- ↑ "C-2-CP20-503-000-052021 | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission". www.ferc.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
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External resources
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