Northern Natural Gas Pipeline

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Northern Natural Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline.[1]

Location

The pipeline runs from the Permian Basin, Texas, to near Chicago, Illinois, and to Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan.

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Project details

  • Operator: Northern Natural Gas Co
  • Owner: Northern Natural Gas Co
  • Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy
  • Capacity: 5.576 billion cubic feet per day
  • Length: 14600 miles[2]
  • Status: Operating
  • Start year: 1930

Background

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.[3] Its FERC code is 59.[1]

Expansion projects

Sherburne County 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.[4] 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.[5] The two extensions increased the pipeline's capacity by 76 mcfd.[4]

  • Operator: Northern Natural Gas Co[5]
  • Owner: Northern Natural Gas Co
  • Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy[4]
  • Length: 4.8 miles[5]
  • Status: Operating[5]
  • Start year: 2017[5]

Northern Lights 2017 Expansion

The 2017 expansion is in Minnesota, USA.[6]

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  • Operator: Northern Natural Gas Co[7]
  • Owner: Northern Natural Gas Co
  • Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy
  • Capacity: 76 million cubic feet per day[6]
  • Length: 5 miles[6]
  • Cost: US$44 million[6]
  • Status: Operating[6]
  • Start year: 2017[6]

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.[8][6]

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  • Operator: Northwest Natural Gas Co[7]
  • Owner: Northern Natural Gas Co
  • Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy
  • Capacity: 37 million cubic feet per day[7]
  • Length: 12.3 miles / 19.8 kilometers[7]
  • Diameter: 16 inches[7]
  • Cost: US$31 million[7]
  • Status: Operating[8]
  • Start year: 2019[8]

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.[9]

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.[8][6]

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  • Operator: Northern Natural Gas Co[7]
  • Owner: Northern Natural Gas Co
  • Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy
  • Capacity: 101.411 million cubic feet per day[7]
  • Length: 18.8 miles[7]
  • Diameter: 24 inches, 36 inches[7]
  • Cost: US$158.07 million[7]
  • Status: Operating[8]
  • Start year: 2019[8]

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.[10] In May 2021, FERC issued a certificate for the pipeline's construction.[11]

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  • Operator: Northern Natural Gas Co[10]
  • Owner: Northern Natural Gas Co
  • Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy
  • Length: 21.6 miles[10]
  • Capacity: 45.7 MMcf/d[10]
  • Status: Construction[10]
  • Start year: 2022
  • Cost: US$57.4 million[10]


As of July 2022, parts of the project were operational, but additional components were still under construction.[10]

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.[10]

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  • Operator: Northern Natural Gas Co[10]
  • Owner: Northern Natural Gas Co[10]
  • Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy
  • Capacity: 50.9 MMcf/d[10]
  • Length: 9 miles[10]
  • Diameter: 8, 20, 24, 30, 36 inches[10]
  • Status: Proposed[10]
  • Start year: 2023[10]
  • Cost: US$48.7 million[10]
  • Financing:
  • Associated infrastructure:

A-Line Replacement Project

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  • Operator: Northern Natural Gas Co[10]
  • Owner: Northern Natural Gas Co[10]
  • Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy
  • Capacity:
  • Length: 6 mi[10]
  • Diameter:
  • Status: Proposed[10]
  • Start year: 2023[10]
  • Cost: 31.2 million USD[10]
  • Financing:
  • Associated infrastructure:

Lake City 1st Branch Line Abandonment and Capacity Replacement Project

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  • Operator: Northern Natural Gas Co[10]
  • Owner: Northern Natural Gas Co[10]
  • Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy
  • Capacity:
  • Length: 9.2 mi[10]
  • Diameter: 6 in[10]
  • Status: Construction[10]
  • Start year: 2022[10]
  • Cost: 19.8 million USD[10]
  • Financing:
  • Associated infrastructure:

C-Line Replacement Project

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  • Operator: Northern Natural Gas Co[10]
  • Owner: Northern Natural Gas Co[10]
  • Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy
  • Capacity:
  • Length: 14 mi[10]
  • Diameter: 20 in[10]
  • Status: Proposed[10]
  • Start year: 2023[10]
  • Cost: 37 million USD[10]
  • Financing:
  • Associated infrastructure:

South Sioux City to Sioux Falls A-line Replacement Project

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  • Operator: Northern Natural Gas Co[10]
  • Owner: Northern Natural Gas Co[10]
  • Parent company: Berkshire Hathaway Energy
  • Capacity:
  • Length: 85 mi[10]
  • Diameter: 12 in[10]
  • Status: Construction[10]
  • Start year: 2022[10]
  • Cost:
  • Financing:
  • Associated infrastructure:

Articles and resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Northern Natural Gas Pipeline, Wikipedia, accessed Aug. 21, 2021.
  2. Just the Facts: BHE Pipeline Group, BHE Pipeline Group, accessed Aug. 21, 2021.
  3. Northern Natural Gas - About Us, Northern Natural Gas, accessed Aug. 21, 2021.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 158 FERC ¶ 61,079, FERC, Jan. 30, 2017, archived from the original, archived accessed Aug. 21, 2021.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Northern's Biweekly Report #18, Northern Natural Gas, Nov. 17, 2017, accessed Aug. 21, 2021.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 National Energy and Petrochemical Map , FracTracker, February 28, 2020 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "ftmap" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "ftmap" defined multiple times with different content
  7. 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 Natural Gas Data, Pipeline Projects Energy Information Agency, July 16, 2020
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Natural Gas Data, Pipeline Projects Energy Information Agency, November 16, 2020
  9. Northern Lights 2019 - Rochester Expansion, Northern Natural Gas, accessed January 2018
  10. 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22 10.23 10.24 10.25 10.26 10.27 10.28 10.29 10.30 10.31 10.32 10.33 10.34 10.35 10.36 10.37 10.38 10.39 10.40 10.41 10.42 Natural Gas, Pipeline Projects, Energy Information Administration, accessed Aug. 21, 2021.
  11. "C-2-CP20-503-000-052021 | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission". www.ferc.gov. Retrieved 2021-12-05.

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