WEDAL (''Westdeutschland-Anbindungsleitung'') is a long

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natural gas pipeline Pipeline transport is the long-distance transportation of a liquid or gas through a system of pipes—a pipeline—typically to a market area for consumption. The latest data from 2014 gives a total of slightly less than of pipeline in 120 countr ...

, which connects the

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 ...

pipeline with the

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natural gas grid. WEDAL branches off the MIDAL pipeline in

Bad Salzuflen Bad Salzuflen is a town and thermal spa resort in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. At the end of 2013, it had 52,121 inhabitants. Geography Bad Salzuflen lies on the eastern edge of the Ravensberg Basin, at the confluence ...

. From there the pipeline runs to Soest and further across

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to the connection at the Belgian border near Aachen. The construction of WEDAL started in 1996 and the pipeline was completed in 1998. WEDAL is owned and operated by Wingas GmbH & Co. KG.

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WEDAL website
by Wingas Energy infrastructure completed in 1998 Natural gas pipelines in Germany {{NorthRhineWestphalia-struct-stub

See also

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