- BBL Pipeline
The BBL Pipeline (Balgzand Bacton Line) is the first
natural gas pipeline between theNetherlands and theUnited Kingdom .History
Laying the pipeline between the
Noord-Holland compressor station atGrasweg inAnna Paulowna (province of Noord-Holland) and Bacton terminal started on14 July 2006 . The pipeline became operational on1 December 2006 .Technical description
The overall length of pipeline is convert|235|km|mi of which offshore pipeline is around convert|230|km|mi. Pipeline diameter is convert|36|in|mm|-1 and working pressure is 135 atm. The initial capacity of pipeline is 16 billion cubic meters (bcm), which will be increased to 19.2 bcm by the end of 2010 by installing a fourth compressor at the compressor station at Anna Paulowna.cite news
publisher= Upstream Online
title = BBL pumps up the volume
url= http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article161306.ece
date = 2008-08-19
accessdate=2008-08-19] The direction of gas flow is from the Netherlands to the UK. The overall cost of the project were around €500 million.Operating company
The BBL is developed and operated by the BBL Company. The main shareholder of BBL Company is
N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie with 60% of shares. Gas companies E.ON Ruhrgas Transport andFluxys own both 20% of shares. RussianGazprom has an option for 9% of BBL Company shares in exchange for 9% shares of theNord Stream AG .cite news
publisher=Gazprom
title = Gazprom and Gasunie sign agreement on cooperation within Nord Stream and BBL projects
url= http://www.gazprom.com/eng/news/2007/11/25932.shtml
date = 2007-11-06
accessdate=2007-11-06] BBL Pipeline will allow Gazprom to supply additional gas to the British market through theNord Stream pipeline.ee also
*
N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie
*E.ON
*Fluxys
*Gazprom
*Nord Stream References
External links
* [http://www.bblcompany.com/ BBL Company] website
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