NOGAT (''Northern Offshore Gas Transport'') is a natural gas pipeline system which connects Dutch

continental shelf A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water, known as a shelf sea. Much of these shelves were exposed by drops in sea level during glacial periods. The shelf surrounding an islan ...

with an onshore gas plant and terminal at

Den Helder Den Helder () is a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Den Helder occupies the northernmost point of the North Holland peninsula. It is home to the country's main naval base. From here the Royal TESO fe ...

, the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. The system has been operational since 1992. The Danish continental shelf pipeline system is connected to the NOGAT through the

Tyra West – F3 pipeline Tyra West – F3 pipeline is a natural gas submarine pipeline connecting Danish and Dutch continental shelf pipeline systems. It facilitates the export of Danish gas into North West Europe. The pipeline, which cost over US$200 million, run ...

and the German continental shelf pipeline system is connected to the NOGAT through A6-F3 pipeline. NOGAT is owned by NOGAT BV, in which the 45% interest is held by

Energie Beheer Nederland Energie Beheer Nederland B.V. (EBN) is a natural gas exploration, production, transportation and sale company owned by the Dutch Government. It has also an interest in the gas sales company GasTerra. EBN is involved in the development of the Berger ...

B.V. (EBN), a Dutch state-owned company, 48.3% is owned by

GDF Suez Engie SA (stylised in all caps as ENGIE) is a French multinational electric utility company, headquartered in La Défense, Courbevoie. Its activities cover electricity generation and distribution, natural gas, nuclear power, renewable energy ...

, 5% by

Total S.A. TotalEnergies SE is a French multinational integrated energy and petroleum company founded in 1924 and is one of the seven supermajor oil companies. Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas explorat ...

and 1.8% by Venture Production. The pipeline was originally operated by Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij BV (NAM), but after acquiring the NAM's stake in the pipeline, GDF Suez took over the operator's function.

References

{{Reflist Energy infrastructure completed in 1992 North Sea energy Natural gas pipelines in the Netherlands Engie Pipelines under the North Sea 1992 establishments in the Netherlands