Dunkirk-Zeebrugge Gas Pipeline

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Dunkirk-Zeebrugge Gas Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline that runs from France to Belgium.

Location

The pipeline runs from the Dunkirk LNG Terminal in Loon-Plage, France to the Fluxys Zeebrugge LNG Terminal in Zeebrugge harbor, Belgium, passing through the Pitgam compression station in France, crossing the French-Belgian border near Honschoote, and continuing through Alveringem and Maldegem, Belgium to join Fluxys's RTR pipeline network.

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Project Details

• Operator: Fluxys
• Owner: Fluxys
• Owner: Fluxys
• Proposed capacity: 8 billion cubic meters per year
• Length: 74 kilometers / 46 miles
• Diameter: 900 mm
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 2016
• Associated Infrastructure: Fluxys Zeebrugge LNG Terminal, Dunkirk LNG Terminal

Background

In May 2016, France and Belgium launched a €1.2 billion bidirectional gas transmission pipeline, the Dunkirk Zeebrugge Pipeline, connecting Dunkirk to the Fluxys Zeebrugge LNG Terminal, and allowing the Dunkirk LNG Terminal to access the German, Dutch and UK gas market. The pipeline has an 8 bcm/y transport capacity.