NEL Gas Pipeline

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NEL Gas Pipeline is an operating natural gas pipeline.

Location

The pipeline runs from Lubmin near Greifswald through Sülstorf and Achim to Rehden. It connects with the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipelines at Lubmin; with the NETRA Gas Pipeline at Achim; and with the MIDAL Gas Pipeline, the Rehden-Hamburg Gas Pipeline, and the Nord–West Anbindungsleitung Gas Pipeline (NOWAL) at Rehden.

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Project Details

• Operator: NEL Gastransport GmbH
• Owner: NEL Gastransport GmbH
• Parent Company: BASF (50%) and Gazprom (50%)
• Capacity: 20 billion cubic meters per year
• Length: 270 miles / 440 kilometers
• Diameter: 1000, 1400 mm
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 2012

Background

The NEL (Nordeuropäische Erdgasleitung (English: Northern European natural gas pipeline), formerly known as Norddeutsche Erdgasleitung, is a 440-km (270-mi) long natural gas pipeline in Germany.

Route

The pipeline runs from Lubmin near Greifswald through Sülstorf and Achim to Rehden. It connects the Nord Stream Gas Pipeline with the Rehden-Hamburg Gas Pipeline and MIDAL Gas Pipeline. The pipeline started operations on 5 November 2012. Between Sülstorf and Achim, it uses a pre-existing installation.

Technical features

The diameter of the pipeline is 56 in. (1,400 mm) and it uses 100 bars (10,000 kPA) of operating pressure. Its capacity is 20 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year. The pipeline is expected to cost around €1 billion.

The developer of the pipeline asked for an exemption from network access and transit fees regulation; however, this request was denied.

Identifiers

The SciGRID_gas combined IGG gas transmission network data set refers to the pipeline as INET_PL_4750 and INET_PL_4751.

Articles and resources

Related GEM.wiki articles

Natural Gas Pipelines in Europe

External articles

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