Dunkirk-Zeebrugge Gas Pipeline

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Dunkirk-Zeebrugge Gas Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline that runs from France to Belgium.[1]

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.[2]

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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.[4][5] The pipeline has an 8 bcm/y transport capacity.[4]

Articles and resources

References

  1. Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), Italy, Greece, Hydrocarbons-Technology, accessed April, 2018
  2. 2.0 2.1 "The Belgian part of the gas pipeline which will link Dunkirk to Zeebrugge, under construction". Fluxys Dunkerque LNG. December 6, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "De Dunkerque à Zeebruges en pipeline: un chantier pharaonique". RTBF Info. May 22, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. 4.0 4.1 France, Food and Water Europe, accessed December 4, 2019
  5. "ZTP-Trans-Entry-Exit". Fluxys. Retrieved 2020-10-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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