The NEL (Nordeuropäische Erdgasleitung (English: Northern European natural gas pipeline), formerly known as Norddeutsche Erdgasleitung, is a long natural gas pipeline in
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
.
Route
The pipeline runs from
Lubmin
Lubmin () is a coastal resort in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Lubmin is situated near Greifswald and on the Bay of Greifswald.
Apart from tourism, Lubmin is a major transport and industry hub and investment location in the German e ...
near
Greifswald
Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (german: Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rosto ...
through
Sülstorf and
Achim
Achim (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Achem''), commonly Achim bei Bremen, is a municipality and the largest town (population 30,059 in December 2006) in the district of Verden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Weser, a ...
to
Rehden
Rehden is a municipality in the district of Diepholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately eight km east of Diepholz. The 44 TWh Rehden natural gas storage
Natural gas is a commodity that can be stored for an indefinite pe ...
. It connects the
Nord Stream 1
Nord Stream (German-English mixed expression; german: Nord and en, Stream, literally 'North Stream'; russian: Северный поток, ''Severny potok'') is a pair of offshore natural gas pipelines in Europe that run under the Baltic Sea ...
pipeline with the
Rehden-Hamburg and
MIDAL
MIDAL (''Mitte-Deutschland-Anbindungsleitung'') is a long German natural gas pipeline, which connects the North Sea with southern Germany.
It runs from Bunde, where it is connected with Netherlands gas system, and Emdel receiving terminal, to ...
pipelines. 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 and it uses operating pressure.
[
] Its capacity is of natural gas per year.
[
] The pipeline is expected to cost around €1 billion.[
]
The developer of the pipeline asked exemption from the network access and transit fees regulation; however, this request was denied.[
]
Project company
The pipeline was built by OPAL NEL TRANSPORT GmbH.[ owned by WIGA Transport Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG, a joint venture of ]Wintershall Dea
Wintershall Dea GmbH is a German gas and oil producer. The joint venture was created in May 2019 by the merger between Wintershall Holding GmbH and DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG. BASF SE has a 67% stake in it, with the other 33% being held by LetterO ...
and Gazprom.
See also
*Nord Stream 1
Nord Stream (German-English mixed expression; german: Nord and en, Stream, literally 'North Stream'; russian: Северный поток, ''Severny potok'') is a pair of offshore natural gas pipelines in Europe that run under the Baltic Sea ...
* Rehden-Hamburg gas pipeline
*MIDAL
MIDAL (''Mitte-Deutschland-Anbindungsleitung'') is a long German natural gas pipeline, which connects the North Sea with southern Germany.
It runs from Bunde, where it is connected with Netherlands gas system, and Emdel receiving terminal, to ...
* OPAL pipeline
* Gazela Pipeline
References
External links
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Natural gas pipelines in Germany
Gazprom pipelines