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Gasunie, the long-distance gas network operator, has applied for approval to build the connecting pipelines for the Brunsbüttel LNG terminal

Source: Energy & Management Powernews, July 12, 2022

The pipes have been purchased, a construction consortium has been commissioned: the long-distance gas network operator hopes for rapid approvals for the construction of the tie-in pipelines for the Brunsbüttel LNG terminal.

Gasunie has applied for approval of the two LNG tie-in pipelines for the LNG terminal planned in Brunsbüttel at the competent state authority in Kiel. This was announced by the Dutch long-distance gas network operator (FNB). In view of the LNG Acceleration Act, which was passed with broad political approval, the company is "cautiously optimistic that it will receive the permits in a timely manner," it said.

In concrete terms, the project involves the construction of three kilometers of pipeline to run from the port of Brunsbüttel to the existing transport system of the distribution system operator (DSO) Schleswig-Holstein Netz, as well as the construction of a 55-km pipeline to Hamburg.

Because the LNG Acceleration Act also provides for the possibility of applying to the authority for necessary measures under facilitated boundary conditions, it will be possible to start part of the construction work even before the approval process has been completed. The necessary materials such as pipes and fittings are already purchased and are available in time.

Also an international consortium of companies has already been engaged for the construction. Involved are the companies:

  • PPS Pipeline Systems (Quakenbrück),
  • Friedrich Vorwerk (Tostedt),
  • Bohlen & Doyen (Wiesmoor)
  • as well as Habau Hoch- und Tiefbaugesellschaft (Perg, Austria).

The goal is to be able to feed regasified gas from the floating LNG (liquefied natural gas) terminal ready for use by then into the German gas grid at the end of 2022.

In addition to the still missing permits, however, the company must clear another hurdle before construction can begin: Contractual arrangements with the approximately 300 landowners and the managers of the land affected by the construction measures are still missing. Gasunie has already begun to conclude these "as quickly as possible by mutual agreement."

Author: Katia Meyer-Tien