Owner NEL Gastransport GmbH | General direction east-west Type Natural gas | |
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Parent organization W & G Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. Kg | ||
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The NEL (Nordeuropäische Erdgasleitung (English: Northern European natural gas pipeline), formerly known as Norddeutsche Erdgasleitung, is a 440 kilometres (270 mi) long natural gas pipeline in Germany.
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Nel pipeline
Route
The pipeline runs from Lubmin near Greifswald through Sülstorf and Achim to Rehden. It connects the Nord Stream pipeline with the Rehden-Hamburg and MIDAL 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 56 inches (1,400 mm) and it uses 100 bars (10,000 kPa) operating pressure. Its capacity is 20 billion cubic metres (710 billion cubic feet) 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, a subsidiary of W & G Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG (W & G). It is operated by NEL Gastransport GmbH. The shareholders of NEL are W & G Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG (partnership of Wintershall Holding GmbH and Gazprom - 51%), E.ON Ruhrgas (10%), Gasunie (20%), and Fluxys (19%).