MIDAL (''Mitte-Deutschland-Anbindungsleitung'') is a long German natural gas pipeline, which connects the

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with southern

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. It runs from Bunde, where it is connected with Netherlands gas system, and Emdel receiving terminal, to

Ludwigshafen Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning "Ludwig's Port upon Rhine"), is a city in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the river Rhine, opposite Mannheim. With Mannheim, Heidelberg, and the surrounding region, it f ...

. The pipeline has a capacity of 12.8 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year. It was constructed in 1992–1993, and it is owned and operated by Wingas GmbH & Co. KG. The northern section of the pipeline which runs from Bunde and Rysum to Rehden is long and has a diameter of . In Rehden, the pipeline is connected with the Rehden gas storage. Also the

Rehden–Hamburg gas pipeline Rehden–Hamburg gas pipeline (RHG) is a long branch of MIDAL pipeline with diameter of to supply Hamburg area with natural gas. The pipeline was constructed in 1994 by Wingas and E.ON Hanse (Hamburger Gaswerke). It connects to the natur ...

branches-off from MIDAL. In future, MIDAL will be connected with the NEL pipeline at Reheden. The middle section with length of connects Rehden with Reckrod. This section has a diameter of . In

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, the WEDAL pipeline towards Belgium branches-off from MIDAL. In Reckrod, MIDAL is connected with the

STEGAL STEGAL (''Sachsen-Thüringen-Erdgas-Anbindungsleitung'') is a natural gas pipeline in Saxony and Thuringia, Germany. It connects the Czech Transgas pipeline at Olbernhau and the JAGAL pipeline (exporting gas from the Yamal–Europe pipeline) at ...

pipeline. The long southern section with a diameter of runs from Reckrod to Ludwigshafen. In Ludwigshafen, the pipeline is connected with a long MIDAL-ERM branch-off pipeline to Jockgrim. It has a diameter of . MIDAL-ERM was commissioned in April 1964.

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MIDAL (Wingas website)
Energy infrastructure completed in 1993 Natural gas pipelines in Germany {{Germany-struct-stub

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