Northern Lights 2009/10 Zone EF Exp Proj

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Northern Lights 2009/10 Zone EF Exp Proj is a natural gas pipeline expansion in Minnesota, operated by Northern Natural Gas Company. It entered service in 2010.

Northern Lights 2009/10 Zone EF Exp Proj
Also calledNNG Northern Lights 2010 Zone EF Expansion[1], Northern Lights 2009-2010 Zone EF Expansion Project[2]
General information
KindPipeline project[1]
Project typeExpansion[2][3]
StatusIn service[3]
CommodityNatural gas[3]
Owner and operator
StateMinnesota[1][3]
CountiesAnoka, Carver, Dakota, Freeborn, Hennepin, Rice, Washington, Wright[4]
Approved13 May 2009[1][5]
In serviceNovember 2010[3]
FERC docketCP09-11[1]
FERC pre-filing docketPF08-12[1]
Contractors
Technical information
Length52.2 mi[1] or 10 mi[3][sources disagree]
Pipe size16"[3]
Capacity136 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[1] or 135 MMcf/d additional capacity (EIA)[3][sources disagree]
Capacity addedan additional 135,000 decatherms per day for incremental firm winter service[4]
Cost$43 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[3]
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Northern Lights 2009/10 Zone EF Exp Proj is a natural gas pipeline expansion in Minnesota, operated by Northern Natural Gas Company. It entered service in 2010.

Contractorsedit

ContractorWorkScopeYears
Minnesota Limited, Inc.[6]PrimeContracted by Northern Natural Gas to install multiple phases of the Northern Lights project, including the 2009-2010 Zone EF expansion (CP09-11), per the firm's June 2009 news itemfrom 1 January 2009

Pipe mills

MillDiameterGradeYears
Berg Pipe Panama City Corp.[7]30 inX701 January 2008

Sources disagree

These sources give different values for the same fact. Each value is listed with the sources that give it.

FactValues given
Capacity
  • 136 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[1]
  • 135 MMcf/d additional capacity (EIA)[3]
Length

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Referencesedit

  1. “FERC: Approved Major Pipeline Projects (1997-Present)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Archived from the original on 1 July 2025. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  2. “FERC eLibrary docket CP09-11”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 17 October 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  3. “U.S. natural gas pipeline projects (Natural Gas Pipeline Projects)”. U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  4. “Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Northern Lights 2009-2010 Zone EF Expansion Project (CP09-11), Federal Register 74(42)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Federal Register). 5 March 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  5. “Order issuing certificate and granting abandonment authority, Northern Natural Gas Company (CP09-11)”. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 13 May 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  6. “News & Events (Minnesota Limited, Inc.), June 2009 item on the Northern Lights 2009-2010 Zone EF CP09-11 Expansion”. Minnesota Limited (mnlimited.com). June 2009. Archived from the original on 4 December 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  7. “Project List (BSPC Reference List), bergpipe.com, 2009 capture”. Berg Steel Pipe Corp. (Berg Pipe). Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2026.

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