BBL Pipeline

BBL Pipeline

The BBL Pipeline (Balgzand Bacton Line) is the first natural gas pipeline between the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

History

Laying the pipeline between the Noord-Holland compressor station at Grasweg in Anna Paulowna (province of Noord-Holland) and Bacton terminal started on 14 July 2006. The pipeline became operational on 1 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 and Fluxys own both 20% of shares. Russian Gazprom has an option for 9% of BBL Company shares in exchange for 9% shares of the Nord 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 the Nord Stream pipeline.

ee also

*N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie
*E.ON
*Fluxys
*Gazprom
*Nord Stream

References

External links

* [http://www.bblcompany.com/ BBL Company] website


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • BBL (disambiguation) — BBL can refer to:* Baltic Basketball League * Basketball Bundesliga * Bank Bruxelles Lambert, a Belgian bank, now merged into ING Group * Internet acronym for Be Back Later * Benthic Boundary Layer * Bird Banding Laboratory * British Basketball… …   Wikipedia

  • Langeled pipeline — Easington terminal of the Langeled pipeline Location of Langeled pipeline …   Wikipedia

  • Baku-Supsa Pipeline — The Baku Supsa Pipeline (also known as the Western Route Export Pipeline and Western Early Oil Pipeline) is an convert|830|km|mi long oil pipeline, which runs from the Sangachal Terminal near Baku to the Supsa terminal in Georgia. It transports… …   Wikipedia

  • Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline — (also: Iraq–Turkey Crude Oil Pipeline ) is a convert|600|mi long pipeline. It is Iraq s largest crude oil export line. Technical descriptionThe pipeline consists two pipes with diameters of convert|44|in|mm| 1 and convert|40|in|mm| 1 and designed …   Wikipedia

  • Pan-European Pipeline — The Pan European Pipeline (PEOP) is a proposed oil pipeline from Constanţa in Romania via Serbia and Croatia to Rijeka and from there through Slovenia to Trieste in Italy. The aim of the pipeline is to bypass Turkish straits in the transportation …   Wikipedia

  • Minnesota Pipeline — The Minnesota Pipeline (or Minnesota Pipe Line) is a crude oil pipeline that runs from Clearbrook, Minnesota southward to the Twin Cities. It is operated by Koch Pipeline Company, a subsidiary of Koch Industries. The pipeline is largely fed by… …   Wikipedia

  • Afghanistan Oil Pipeline — The Afghanistan Oil Pipeline was a project proposed by several oil companies to transport oil from Azerbaijan and Central Asia through Afghanistan to Pakistan or India. Central Asian Oil Pipeline ProjectAt the end of 1990s, the American Unocal… …   Wikipedia

  • Neka-Jask pipeline — The Neka Jask pipeline is a proposed oil pipeline in Iran. If constructed, it will allow to transport crude oil from Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan; Turkmenistan and Russia through port of Neka on the Caspian Sea to Jask on the Gulf of Oman.cite news url …   Wikipedia

  • List of energy abbreviations — This is a list of abbreviations found in the context of energy issues. Contents: 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y …   Wikipedia

  • Gasunie — N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie Type Naamloze Vennootschap; state owned company Industry energy Founded 1963 Headquarters Groningen, The Netherlands Area ser …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”