| Netra pipeline | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| General direction | west–east |
| From | Emden,Dornum |
| Passes through | Etzel,Wardenburg,Börnicke, |
| To | Steinitz |
| General information | |
| Type | natural gas |
| Partners | Open Grid Europe |
| Operator | Open Grid Europe |
| Commissioned | 1995 |
| Technical information | |
| Length | 408 km (254 mi) |
| Maximum discharge | 21.4 billion cubic meters per year |
Netra (Norddeutsche Erdgas Transversale) is a 408 kilometres (254 mi) longnatural gas pipeline system inGermany, which runs from theDornum natural gas receiving facility at the coast ofNorth Sea toSalzwedel in eastern Germany, where it is connected with theJAGAL pipeline. The pipeline is extended toBerlin through the Salzwedel–Berlin connection.[1]
Construction of the Netra pipeline was agreed in 1994 and the pipeline was commissioned in 1995. Originally it run from theEtzel gas storage facility to Salzwedel. In 1999, after commissioning theEuropipe II pipeline, the NETRA pipeline system is extended from Etzel to Dornum.[2] Thecompressor station nearWardenburg was built in 2003.[3][4]
The pipeline was owned and operated by NETRA GmbH Norddeutsche Erdgas Transversale & Co KG, a joint venture ofE.ON Ruhrgas (41.7%),Gasunie Deutschland (29.6%) andStatoil (28.7%).[5] Now it is owned and operated byOpen Grid Europe.
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