EUGAL pipeline, which is waiting for the completion of Nord Stream-2, reaches full capacity

Kassel (Germany), April 2 - Neftegaz.RU. After just over 2.5 years of construction, the European gas pipeline link EUGAL has now reached its full transport capacity with 2 strings and a compressor station.

The 1^st string has already been transporting natural gas since 1 January 2020.
The 2^nd string and the compressor station went into operation on April 1.
The pipeline's 2 strings are now waiting for the completion of Nord Stream-2.

EUGAL is a joint project between the transmission system operators

• GASCADE Gastransport,
• Gasunie Deutschland Transport Services
• Fluxys Deutschland
• ONTRAS Gastransport

Christoph von dem Bussche, Managing Director of GASCADE said:

• We are proud to have successfully completed this project
• EUGAL is an important component in Europe's energy supply

The pipeline now has a transport capacity of up to 55 billion m³ of natural gas per year.
By comparison: Germany annually consumes more than 80 billion m³ of natural gas.

Jens Schumann, Managing Director of Gasunie Deutschland, adds:

• EUGAL now secures Europe’s supply of natural gas and can be an essential element in a European hydrogen network in the future

Friedrich Rosenstock, Managing Director of Fluxys Deutschland said:

• Less than 1.5 years elapsed from the 1^st planning approval going into effect to the completion of the 1^st string of EUGAL
  
• This extremely short implementation period, which was achieved in compliance with environmental and industrial safety standards, was positively breathtaking

Ralph Bahke, Managing Director of ONTRAS, sums things up:

• Successfully realizing a mammoth project like EUGAL in this day and age was by no means a matter of course
• I am pleased that we were able to contribute our part – together with the other partners in the consortium
• A valuable part of gas infrastructure has been created with this important link, and it will also be of national importance for gas transport in the future

EUGAL runs over a length of around 480 km from Lubmin on the Baltic Sea to Deutschneudorf on the German-Czech border.