Netra (''Norddeutsche Erdgas Transversale'') is a long
natural gas pipeline system in
Germany, which runs from the
Dornum natural gas receiving facilitiy at the coast of
North Sea to
Salzwedel in eastern Germany, where it is connected with the
JAGAL pipeline. The pipeline is extended to
Berlin through the Salzwedel–Berlin connection.
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Construction of the Netra pipeline was agreed in 1994 and the pipeline was commissioned in 1995. Originally it run from the
Etzel gas storage facility to Salzwedel. In 1999, after commissioning the
Europipe II pipeline, the NETRA pipeline system is extended from Etzel to Dornum.
[
] The
compressor station near
Wardenburg
Wardenburg is a municipality in the district of Oldenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Hunte
Hunte is a long river in north-western Germany (Lower Saxony), a left tributary of the Weser.
The Hunte rises in the Wiehen ...
was built in 2003.
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The pipeline was owned and operated by NETRA GmbH Norddeutsche Erdgas Transversale & Co KG, a joint venture of
E.ON Ruhrgas
Ruhrgas AG (original name: Aktiengesellschaft für Kohleverwertung; later: E.ON Ruhrgas) was the largest natural gas transportation and trading company based in Essen, Germany. The company was founded in 1926 and it finally ceased to exist on 2 May ...
(41.7%),
Gasunie Deutschland (29.6%) and
Statoil
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(28.7%).
[
] Now it is owned and operated by
Open Grid Europe.
See also
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Europipe I
*
Europipe II
References
{{Coord missing, Germany
Buildings and structures completed in 1995
Natural gas pipelines in Germany