OPAL NEL TRANSPORT GmbH

Europe is increasingly dependent on natural gas imports for securing its energy supply. The Nord Stream natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea is set to make a major contribution to transporting the natural gas to Europe in future. Two new onshore pipeline links will pick up the gas in Lubmin near Greifswald where the Nord Stream pipeline comes on shore. The OPAL (Ostsee-Pipeline-Anbindungs-Leitung – Baltic Sea Pipeline Link) will then transport the gas 470 kilometers south to Olbernhau on the German-Czech border, and the 440 kilometer-long NEL (Nordeuropäische-Erdgas-Leitung – North European Gas Pipeline) will run to Rehden in Lower Saxony.

As the Transmission System Operator, OPAL NEL TRANSPORT GmbH is the project responsible entity for these gas pipelines. Based in Kassel, Hesse, the company is part of the WINGAS Group, which, in addition to the natural gas supplier, WINGAS, also includes WINGAS TRANSPORT GmbH & Co. KG. WINGAS TRANSPORT already operates a gas pipeline network with nine natural gas compressor stations, which is more than 2,000 km long and covers the whole of Germany.

OPAL

Further information about the OPAL
www.opal-pipeline.com

Nord Stream

Information on the construction of the Nord Stream pipeline through the Baltic Sea are available at www.nord-stream.com