Valença do Minho-Braga Pipeline

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Valença do Minho-Braga Pipeline, also known as the Tuy-Braga Pipeline, is a gas pipeline in northern Portugal.

Location

The pipeline runs from Valença do Minho (on the Spanish-Portuguese border opposite Tuy, Spain) to Braga in northern Portugal.

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Pipeline Details

• Owner: REN (Redes Energéticas Nacionais)
• Parent company: State Grid of China (25%), Oman Oil (12%), others (63%)
• Capacity:
• Length: 75 km / 47 miles
• Diameter: 20 inches
• Status: Operating
• Start Year:

Background

Operated by the Portuguese energy infrastructure company REN (Redes Energéticas Nacionais), the Valença do Minho-Braga Pipeline is a key component of Portugal's natural gas transmission network, along with the Leiria-Braga Pipeline, the Setubal-Leiria Pipeline, and the Campo Maior–Leiria Pipeline.

The SciGRID_gas combined IGG gas transmission network data set refers to the pipeline as INET_PL_733.