47,000 pipes needed for the entire route / Construction of the natural gas pipeline due to start in mid-2018
Prenzlau / Pinnow / Kassel. The preparations for the construction of the European gas pipeline link EUGAL are making progress. From Monday, 16 October 2017, the first pipes will be delivered in Brandenburg and stored at pipe storage points until construction of EUGAL starts in mid-2018.
The storage points for the pipes are located along the planned route. The pipes will be transported by train to Brandenburg and then distributed by truck from railway stations in Prenzlau and Pinnow to nearby storage points.
GASCADE is mounting a huge logistics effort to ensure that all the pipes are on site in good time before construction gets underway. “In the case of such a large project like the construction of EUGAL it is therefore vital that all the steps are perfectly coordinated,” as Ludger Hümbs, Chief Project Manager for EUGAL, explains. GASCADE will begin building the pipeline once the planning approval notice has been issued, which is expected in mid-2018. “So far, we’re on schedule and expect all the approvals to be available as planned,” says Hümbs.
Just under 47,000 pipes are needed for the around 485 kilometer-long pipeline from the Baltic Sea to the German-Czech border. Each of the pipes measures 1.40 meters in diameter (DN 1400), is around 18 meters long, and weighs 15 tons. The pipes are being manufactured by EUROPIPE in Mülheim an der Ruhr.
With the aid of EUGAL, natural gas will be transported flexibly in in all directions in Europe – within Germany, and to Western and Southeastern Europe. The pipeline will thus make an important contribution to a robust and flexible energy supply for Germany and Europe.
