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Barbara Fischer, Managing Director of FNB Gas

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Dr. Thomas Gößmann, Chairman of the Board of FNB Gas

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Shut-off device at the Ochtrup compressor station

Construction of the compressor station in Ochtrup, North Rhine-Westphalia, began in 2010. The station forms the end of a pipeline that transports gas from Norway from Emden to the Ruhr area. The pressure in the pipelines decreases over long distances and is brought back to the required level in Ochtrup so that it can be […]

Welding work during the construction of a gas pipeline

The assembly of the large capillary tubes also always requires manual labor, despite heavy equipment for lifting and transporting.

Compressor station in Olbernhau

The Olbernhau compressor station is located on the edge of the Ore Mountains, in the valley of the Flöha River. With three gas turbines, the station has been ensuring the right pressure in the 314-kilometer STEGAL (Saxony-Thuringia natural gas pipeline) since 1992, so that natural gas can reach central Germany from Russia via the Czech […]

Pipeline construction in the Ore Mountains

The EUGAL is to run from Lubmin near Greifswald on the Baltic Sea in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in a southerly direction to Deutschneudorf in Saxony and on to the Czech Republic. It has a total length of around 480 kilometers and is to be laid in large sections parallel to the Baltic Sea Pipeline Link (OPAL). […]

Pile of pipes during construction of the Nordschwarzwald pipeline

The Northern Black Forest line of terranets bw runs for just under 70 km from Au am Rhein via Ettlingen and Pforzheim to Leonberg. The first 15-kilometer section from Au am Rhein to Ettlingen was built in 2014. The second, 54-kilometer section between Ettlingen and Leonberg, was completed in 2015/16. The ceremonial commissioning took place […]

Welding work during the construction of the Nordschwarzwald pipeline

Despite pipelines with a large circumference and the use of heavy equipment, the construction of a natural gas pipeline still requires real manual labor – here during the construction of the Nordschwarzwald pipeline of terranets bw.

Laying the gas pipes for the Nordschwarzwald pipeline

Gascade dispatching center

A dispatching center is the heart of every pipeline network: Here, the entire (long-distance) pipeline network is monitored and controlled 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The control center receives the necessary data via fiber optic cables installed along the natural gas pipelines, which provide signals as to where anomalies or malfunctions are […]

Course of a gas pipeline

Since gas pipelines run underground and after their construction the area can be renaturalized, the course of the pipeline is marked by these yellow signs.

Mobile compressor station of Ontras Gastransport GmbH

To meet the changes in the market, Ontras has had a mobile compressor station designed. This consists of two trailers to provide enough space for all necessary assembly, maintenance, cable, escape and rescue routes. It is also equipped for all applications in the Ontras gas network. The mobile compressor unit achieves a gas delivery rate […]

Gas cleaning at the Bobbau compressor station

The Bobbau network hub, which was rebuilt and expanded from 1998 to 2001, is located in the network of ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH, a subsidiary of Verbundnetz Gas AG. Six long-distance gas pipelines converge there and can be switched as needed. The compressor station maintains the gas to be transported at 55 bar, thus stabilizing the […]

Pipe storage yard of the pipeline construction project MONACO

As a component of the Gas Network Development Plan, the MONACO long-distance natural gas pipeline from Burghausen to Finsing makes an active contribution to maintaining security of supply for Bavaria and the southern German region and to meeting the growing demand for gas transport capacity in Germany and Europe by connecting national and international pipeline […]

Refueling a car with CNG

In addition to providing heat, natural gas and its green substitutes are playing an increasingly important role in the transportation sector. Via the existing network, the gas reaches the filling stations directly, where it is also available to motor traffic. There, CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) can be easily refueled like the conventional raw materials diesel […]

Pipeline transport

Pipes that will later be used to build a gas pipeline are transported to their destination by train.

Compressor station in Dornstadt-Scharenstetten

The compressor station in Dornstadt-Scharenstetten is an important transport hub in the terranets bw network. Commissioned 30 years ago, a fourth compressor unit was added to the plant in spring 2017, increasing the station’s capacity by about 30 percent. The next expansion stage will increase the capacity of the compressor station by a further 20 […]

Compressor station in Blankenloch

The compressor station in Blankenloch, near Karlsruhe, is located at an important junction. It ensures that the right pressure is maintained for gas transport in the Rheintal-Nord-Leitung 1, Rheintal-Nord-Leitung 3, Rheintal-Nord-Leitung 4, Rheintal-Süd-Leitung 1 and Schwaben-Leitung pipelines. The gas is compressed with the help of an electrically driven gas compressor and three electrically driven gas […]

Electric-powered gas compressor at the compressor station in Blankenloch

Nowega Dispatching Center

Nowega GmbH’s dispatching headquarters are located in Münster. From there, the approximately 800-kilometer-long pipeline network and the connected natural gas storage facilities are monitored with the help of modern communications and information technology. The necessary data is transmitted to Münster via fiber optic and copper cables installed along the gas pipelines. The process control system, […]

Pipe string with side tree beads

The so-called lateral construction caterpillars lower the pipeline into the trench excavated for this purpose. For this purpose, each side tree bead holds a loop in which the pipe. After laying in the trench, the loops are removed again. Trenchless methods such as microtunneling or direct pipe are also used for undercrossings of roads or […]

Elbe culvert during construction of the EUGAL

When building natural gas pipelines, rivers also have to be crossed – in this case the Elbe for the construction of the EUGAL (European Gas Link Pipeline). Pipelines that run under water are called culverts. The Elbe culvert is 230 meters long and was laid in December 2018.

Gas flow measurement in a gas pressure control and measurement system

To ensure transport over long distances, natural gas is compressed to up to 100 bar. On the way to the consumer, the pressure is then reduced again to a few millibars overpressure. This pressure reduction requires a so-called gas pressure control and measuring system. This measures and regulates the gas volume flows and serves to […]

Gas cooling at the compressor station in Bobbau

The Bobbau network hub, which was rebuilt and expanded from 1998 to 2001, is located in the network of Ontras, a subsidiary of VNG (Verbundnetz Gas AG). Six long-distance gas pipelines converge there and can be switched as needed. The compressor station maintains the gas to be transported at 55 bar, thus stabilizing the pressure […]

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