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Nord Stream Delivers Gas to Lubmin European gas grid gas European gas from Nord Stream is delivered to the the to delivered is Stream Nord from gas At the landfall facility in Lubmin, Germany, Germany, Lubmin, in facility landfall the At LUBMIN HEATH: European Mainland European High Tech AN ENERGY SITE A Connecting Nord the at Arrives Natural Gas Gas Natural for Quality In the context of the energy Hub on the strategy 2020 of Mecklenburg- Stream and Safety Western Pomerania, Lubmin developed into an energy hub German Coast with a range of energy sources Delivers More than 167 million standard cubic metres feeding electricity into the German (later: cubic metres) of natural gas can be distribution grid. The Lubmin landfall The Bovanenkovo oil and gas gas transport systems. Currently, condensate deposit is the main up to 36 billion cubic metres of processed in the receiving station in Lubmin facility is the logistical natural gas base for the Nord gas can flow through the OPAL every day. A sophisticated series of valves, filters, link between the Nord Gas to Lubmin DISMANTLING AND Stream Pipeline. Discovered and pipeline annually. This amount preheating, measuring and control facilities Stream Pipeline and CONSTRUCTION estimated gas reserves amount is enough to supply a third of ensure that the gas is of top quality, and the right the European gas to 4.9 trillion cubic meters which Germany with natural gas for a quantities are flowing to the connecting pipelines distribution grid. The makes the Bovanenkovo field a year. The pipeline runs south at the right pressure and temperature. In 1995, the Nord nuclear power natural gas that arrives reliable source of natural gas for from Lubmin to Brandov, in the plant in Lubmin was shut down. here from Siberia is Europe. The field has a design Czech Republic. Along its 472 Until 1990, the reactor produced output of 115 billion cubic metres kilometres route, the pipeline runs repressurised and The natural gas has travelled a long way by the time it arrives in roughly 150,000 gigawatt hours per year which can be ramped through three German federal Lubmin from Siberia to Vyborg, Russia on the Gulf of Finland and of electricity, which fed into transported by the Nord up to 140 billion cubic metres states, and crosses a total of 172 from there 1,224 kilometres through the Baltic Sea. In Vyborg, the gas the former GDR’s national grid Stream connecting through further developments. roads, four highways, 27 rail lines, enters the Nord Stream pipeline system at a pressure of up to 220 bar. through more than 10 high-voltage pipelines OPAL and NEL The gas is produced by three and 39 bodies of water. Since The gas loses pressure along the way due to friction on the pipeline power lines. In the meantime, the to users throughout upstream facilities. A gas the gas loses pressure over the walls which typically occurs. When the pipelines reach landfall in high-voltage lines of East and Europe. transmission corridor including long route, it is repressurised at Lubmin, Germany, the pressure has fallen to approximately 110 bar West have been joined. Moreover, the connecting Bovanenkovo- a compressor station in Baruth, during operation. The connections between the offshore pipelines in the new federal states alone, Ukhta gas trunk lines supplies south of Berlin. and the onshore grids are called landfalls. Pipeline expansion loops, hundreds of kilometres of the natural gas from the fields an isolation coupling, the Pipeline Inspection Gauge (PIG) traps, and overhead transmission line towards the Nord Stream The second pipeline that links in particular the safety shutdown valves, are set up in this intake area have been strung. In the same The landfall facility in Lubmin, Pipelines. the Nord Stream system with the of the receiving station. In the event that an emergency occurs, these time that the decommissioned Germany is a connecting hub, the European gas market is NEL. The valves reliably separate the offshore from the onshore pipelines. The nuclear plant was dismantled, the actual switching point of a cross- Transport by Nord Stream NEL pipeline is 441 kilometres connecting pipelines, OPAL (Baltic Sea Pipeline Link) and NEL (North establishment of a new industrial border project that contributes The gas flows 2,500 kilometres long, and runs westward across The two lines of the Nord Stream pipeline system reach land at Lubmin. At the landfall station, the natural gas is European Gas Pipeline), also have additional shutdown infrastructure, and energy location took place in toward a secure energy supply from West Siberia to Vyborg. northern Germany from Lubmin filtered, measured, and if necessary adjusted prior to transport. filtering, heating, metering and regulating facilities. At landfall, the Lubmin Heath. to Europe for decades. At the There, in the landfall facility in to Rehden, in Lower Saxony. arriving natural gas is cleared of any solid or liquid impurities and same time, the landfall facility Portovaya Bay, 1.5 kilometres The pipeline has a capacity of What function does the landfall and fire detectors installed for transports the natural gas, and warmed. This is necessary because over its long journey not only is only a small part of the puzzle from the Baltic Sea, the natural over 20 billion cubic metres each facility in Lubmin, Germany this eventuality. For example, the entire landfall facility. The gas does the gas lose pressure, but its temperature drops as well. The INDUSTRIAL PORT in the entire framework. Where gas is fed from the Gryazovets- year, which roughly corresponds fulfil? if the gas or fire alarm is raised transportation facilities can be natural gas is heated by a preheater and the associated boiler plants. does the gas that is prepared Vyborg pipeline into the Nord to one-fifth of Germany’s annual Mikhail Sarakhan: Let me start by from two detectors in different shut down manually and remotely. here come from, and where does Stream Pipeline. As operator, consumption. explaining that the landfall facility zones of the landfall facility, Since it started operations it flow thereafter? Nord Stream AG provides in Lubmin actually consists of our intake shutdown valves will in 2006, the industrial port transport capacities through its The gas from the OPAL and NEL two complexes: Nord Stream’s automatically close, and the of Lubmin has become an The Gas Comes from Siberia pipeline system. Nord Stream pipelines is transported onward to landfall facility in Germany in the blowdown valves opened in order internationally recognised place Bovanenkovo in Western Siberia AG has entered into a gas Germany itself, Czechia, Austria, offshore and onshore areas, and to clear the facilities of natural of transhipment and specialized is the largest field on the Yamal transportation agreement with Belgium, Denmark, France, the the actual receiving terminal of the gas. If a fire alarm is triggered, services. Today, the port is Peninsula. Located at 40 OOO Gazprom Export to book Netherlands, and the UK, along connecting natural gas pipelines, the local fire department will also OPAL highly attractive for businesses kilometres from the coast of the up to 55 billion cubic metres with other countries. OPAL and NEL. The Nord Stream be summoned. Additionally, all AND NEL Nord Stream AG cent each, and the Dutch gas transport 55 billion cubic metres that benefit from the existing Kara Sea, it covers an area of capacity annually. The pipelines pipeline system transfers the responsible parties will be notified Nord Stream AG is an international infrastructure company Gasunie (bcm) of Russian gas per year infrastructure for their production about 1,000 square kilometres. transport gas from the entry Gas flow through Line 1 of the gas that travels 1,224 kilometres by our dispatching centre in order PIPELINES joint venture established for Infrastruktur AG (wholly-owned to the EU for at least 50 years. sites, such as crane constructor Vast gas reserves make it one point in Russia to the exit point Nord Stream pipeline system through the Baltic Sea to OPAL for us to be on site as quickly as the planning, construction and subsidiary of Gasunie), along with Both lines run in parallel for 1,224 Liebherr, pipe manufacturer of the three main Russian gas in Germany, where the gas is began in November 2011. The and NEL. The Pipeline Inspection possible. OPAL (Baltic Sea Pipeline Link), operation of the twin offshore gas the French energy provider Engie kilometres from Portovaya Bay, Erndtebrücker Eisenwerk and production centres. Currently, received by the connecting second line started operation Gauges (PIGs) are also received is Europe’s biggest natural pipelines through the Baltic Sea. Energy Management Holding near Vyborg on the Russian Baltic LubminOils, a rapeseed oil there are 32 fields producing OPAL and NEL onshore a year later in October 2012. here in the PIG traps as part of the gas pipeline with a transport Russian PJSC Gazprom holds Switzerland AG (wholly-owned Sea coast to Lubmin, Germany. producer. gas, gas condensates and pipelines. In total, it takes the Together, the twin pipelines have inspection process. capacity of about 36 billion a 51 per cent stake in the joint subsidiary of Engie), each hold a Each pipeline comprises some oil on Yamal. The peninsula gas about 10 days to make the the design capacity to transport a cubic metres a year. The OPAL venture. The German companies 9 per cent stake. Nord Stream’s 100,000 24-tonne concrete- produces up to 360 billion journey from Siberia to Germany. combined total of about 55 billion Are there any Nord Stream pipeline starts where the Nord Wintershall Oil AG (wholly-owned head office and operations centre weight-coated steel pipes laid WIND PARKS cubic metres of gas per year.
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