Lubmin 2 natural gas receiving station

••• FACT SHEET

LUBMIN – THE INTERFACE ON THE BALTIC SEA 2 Ruegen (under construction) The Lubmin site is the link between Russian gas and NORD STREAM European consumers. This is where the Nord Stream and

Nord Stream 2 pipelines, two of the biggest natural gas Baltic Sea import pipelines, reach mainland and join the gas Lubmin landing station network. To get to Lubmin, the gas has already covered a Lubmin 2 natural gas Greifswald receiving station distance of more than 1,200 kilometers. From here, the (under construction) gas is distributed via pipelines such as EUGAL. The Lubmin 2 natural gas receiving station will provide the NEL OPAL EUGAL infrastructure needed for this. (under construction) simplified view

LUBMIN 2 NATURAL GAS RECEIVING STATION – LINK TO

THE EUROPEAN PIPELINE NETWORK Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea Following its completion at the end of 2019, the new natural gas receiving station will take on gas from Nord NEL connection line Mecklenburg- Stream 2. The natural gas will then be processed at the NEL Western OPAL site (filtering, preheating, setting the pressure and Pomerania quantity) for further transport. A connection line to the

Nord Stream 2 EST operating area NEL pipeline was also approved in the plan approval natural gas receiving station procedure for the natural gas receiving station. This line EUGAL is around 130 meters long and connects the station and schematic diagram of the Lubmin site thus also EUGAL to the existing NEL pipeline, via which part of the gas will be transported westward.

AN OVERVIEW OF THE STATION The first few meters of EUGAL, which are located on the Site: Lubminer Heide industrial and business park site of the natural gas receiving station, were also approved in this procedure. Operating area: approx. 11.9 hectares

Assembly area during the approx. 2.3 hectares construction period: Maximum capacity 6.5 million standard cubic meters of gas per hour receivable:

Construction phase: Start of 2018 to the end of 2019

Completion: End of 2019 THE LUBMIN 2 NATURAL GAS RECEIVING STATION IN DETAIL

1. NATURAL GAS FILTERING 2. PREHEATING AND PRESSURE REDUCTION

Firstly, the incoming natural When the natural gas arrives in Lubmin, it has already traveled more than gas is cleaned to remove 1,200 kilometers through the Baltic Sea. The pressure is then reduced for cali- foreign substances. bration purposes and for further transport. To counter the strong cooling du- ring pressure reduction, the gas is heated up beforehand using heat exchangers.

Nord Stream 2 operating area

3. GAS PRESSURE REGULATION AND MEASURING SYSTEM (GPRM SYSTEM)

The incoming gas is measured, and further pressure and quantity are regulated in this system. The gas is then forwarded through EUGAL and NEL to the German and European network.

ABOUT GASCADE GASTRANSPORT GMBH CONTACT GASCADE, formerly WINGAS TRANSPORT GmbH, has been planning, building and Would you like more information or to learn more about the current project status operating one of ’s largest gas pipelines for two decades. GASCADE thus of EUGAL? Then visit our website: www.eugal.de. directly connects five European countries with each other and guarantees secure energy supplies in Germany and Europe. GASCADE is owned by the chemical group If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us: BASF SE and PAO Gazprom. GASCADE Gastransport GmbH | Kölnische Straße 108–112 | 34119 Kassel, Germany  0561-934-2727  [email protected]  www.eugal.de ABOUT THE SHAREHOLDERS The European gas pipeline link is a joint project between the German transmission PUBLISHER system operators GASCADE Gastransport GmbH, Fluxys Deutschland GmbH, GASCADE Gastransport GmbH Gasunie Deutschland Transport Services GmbH and ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH. GASCADE, as the project manager, holds 50.5 percent of the shares. The three other shareholders each own 16.5 percent of EUGAL. GASCADE will build EUGAL and operate it in the future. Picture credits: photo archive April 2019