 “The EU has to secure contracts for more than 100 billion cubic meters of natural gas by 2020. This is the amount we have been lacking so far”, WINGAS Chairman Dr. Rainer Seele, said on Thursday (11 September) at the annual conference of the Institute of Energy Economics (EWI) of the University of Cologne. more |  | The Mallnow compressor station on the German-Polish border is back in operation on schedule after a planned 30-hour maintenance break on Thursday. Natural gas imports via the Yamal-Europe pipeline fully available again as planned. more | | The regional planning procedure for the NEL (Norddeutsche Erdgas- Leitung, Northern German Gas Link) is now complete. From 2012, the NEL Nord Stream connection pipeline will transport natural gas from Russia to Western Europe. more |
The pipes for the Nord Stream pipeline are manufactured by EUROPIPE in Mühlheim, Germany. The steel is shaped at a pressure of up to 60,000 tons, at the end of the process every pipe must have exactly the same dimensions. GASWINNER takes a look behind the scenes in the Mülheim pipe factory. more | | With the regional planning procedures for the construction of the 470-kilometer-long pipeline in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Saxony now complete, the planning approval processes in the two German states have begun. more | | Dr. Rainer Seele, speaker for the management of WINGAS GmbH, called for more support for the European “Nord Stream” infrastructure project in order to also be able to cover Europe’s increasing demand for gas in the future. more |
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