German network regulator, Bundesnetzagentur, noted in its network development plan that the pipeline to connect the proposed Brunsbüttel LNG terminal to the national grid has to be built by the project proponent. 

The import facility is proposed by German LNG Terminal, a joint venture set up by the Dutch companies Gasunie and Vopak and Germany’s  Oiltanking.

The total capacity of the combined LNG import and small-scale terminal will be 5 billion cubic meters per year.

The regulator noted in its statement that the decision to scrap the connecting pipeline from its network development plan (NEP Gas 2018-2028) is not a decision on the necessity of the facility.

The terminal, to be located in Brunsbüttel in the greater industrial and economic zone of Hamburg, will feature a truck loading facility and an option to add railcar loading bay.

Construction work is expected to start in 2020 with the terminal being fully operational by the end of 2022.

LNG World News Staff