Northern Lights Expansion Project

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Northern Lights Expansion Project is a natural gas pipeline expansion in Iowa and Minnesota, operated by Northern Natural Gas Company. It entered service in 2007.

Northern Lights Expansion Project
Also calledNNG Northern Lights Project[1]
General information
KindPipeline project[1]
Project typeExpansion[2]
StatusIn service[2]
CommodityNatural gas[2]
Owner and operator
StatesIowa, Minnesota[1][2]
Approved21 February 2007[1]
In service31 October 2007[2]
FERC docketCP06-403[1]
FERC pre-filing docketPF06-7[1]
Contractors
Technical information
Length67.2 mi[1] or 79 mi[2][sources disagree]
Pipe size16", 26", 36"[2]
Capacity374 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[1] or 374.23 MMcf/d additional capacity (EIA)[2][sources disagree]
Cost$129.2 million (EIA estimate; no dollar year given)[2]
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Hands listed0

Northern Lights Expansion Project is a natural gas pipeline expansion in Iowa and Minnesota, operated by Northern Natural Gas Company. It entered service in 2007.

Contractorsedit

ContractorWorkScopeYears
Precision Pipeline, LLC[3]PrimeNorthern Lights: 29 miles of 24-inch, 9.5 miles of 30-inch and 18.7 miles of 36-inch, Minnesotauntil 1 January 2007

Sources disagree

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FactValues given
Capacity
  • 374 MMcf/d (FERC project list)[1]
  • 374.23 MMcf/d additional capacity (EIA)[2]
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. “U.S. natural gas pipeline projects (Natural Gas Pipeline Projects)”. U.S. Energy Information Administration. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
  3. “All Projects - Precision Pipeline, LLC | Infrastructure and Utility Pipeline Contractor”. Precision Pipeline, LLC. Retrieved 3 October 2026.

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