Our Pipeline
For Germany and Europe
To enable quantities of gas to be transported on to natural gas consumers in Germany and Europe, NEL Gastransport GmbH operates one of north-west Europe's largest natural gas pipelines, with a nominal diameter of 1,400 mm.
Die NEL verbindet den Standort Greifswald/Lubmin an der Ostsee mit dem Leitungsnetz in Niedersachsen im Knotenpunkt Rehden.
It is also linked to the EUGAL (European Gas Pipeline Link) , so that gas can flow both to the west and to the south. From Greifswald/Lubmin, the 441-kilometre-long pipeline first heads south-westwards towards the Mecklenburg Lake District.
Between Güstrow and Teterow, it then continues in the direction of Schwerin before crossing the Elbe at Hittbergen near Lauenburg. South of Hamburg, NEL passes the catchment area of the town of Winsen on the River Luhe. From Seevetal, the pipeline first passes through the Nordheide parallel to the A1 as far as Achim near Bremen. Finally, after passing through the moor landscape near Syke and Bassum, it reaches Rehden (near Vechta), where the natural gas will be either stored or fed into the existing natural gas pipeline network.
Since complete commercial operation from 1 November 2013 on, more than 20 billion cubic metres of natural gas a year will flow through NEL.
NEL Gastransport GmbH in Kassel is responsible for the operational management of the pipeline. It works together with GASCADE Gastransport GmbH and Gasunie Deutschland GmbH.
If you are planning construction projects in the vicinity of our pipelines, we check them with a view to the safety of our facilities. Before starting any construction work, it is essential to obtain comprehensive pipeline information in order to avoid damage to underground supply lines.
Do you want to make a construction and planning enquiry? GASCADE uses the German Nationwide Information System for Pipeline Research (BIL) to answer your enquiry. The portal offers a complete digital workflow for pipeline information – and the best way for you to formulate your enquiry quickly, free of charge and in a legally secure manner.
Please submit your third-party planning inquiries via the portal of the German national information system for pipeline inquiries BIL.
The easy-to-follow menu navigation guides you safely through the process. All the necessary information is requested in a structured way.
Thanks to official map backgrounds and aerial photographs, the construction project can be precisely localised. This guarantees you high-quality and complete line information from all affected operators that can be reached via BIL. In addition, you have the option of importing your planning data directly into the system as a KML file.
You submit your enquiry to BIL centrally and just once. BIL checks which utility operators are responsible and forwards the enquiry to them. The utility operator checks the enquiry and also replies via BIL. This means that all the information is bundled for you and you receive a quick response.
The BIL enquiry and documentation system ensures automatic archiving and history recording. This provides you with legally secure proof that you have duly obtained the information you require about the pipeline.
Any questions?
Dimitrius Bach
Third-party planning inquiries
Rights of way & pipeline network documentation
Telephone: +49 561 934-1372
Consequential damage
Following completion of the construction of our pipeline, consequential damage to agricultural crops may occur. This damage will be examined, assessed and compensated for by our company or by agricultural experts acting on our behalf. The prerequisite for compensating for consequential damage is that we receive notification of the damage claim in good time, at least four weeks before the damaged agricultural crops are harvested.
To simplify matters, we reserve the right to settle minor damage in a simplified procedure. This requires that the damage claim contains an estimated, but as accurate as possible, initial assessment of the damage.
For this purpose, please use only the form available on this page, and send the completed damage claim to us by e-mail, post or fax. We will then get in touch with you.
Any questions?
Holger Hübert
Consequential damage
Rights of way & pipeline network documentation
Telephone: +49 561 934-1936
Christian Peine
Consequential damage
Rights of way & pipeline network documentation
Telephone: +49 561 934-2528
