Fluxys major investment projects

New capacity on north/south axis

Market consultation in 2007

The project is the culmination of a market consultation organised by Fluxys and the French system operator GRTgaz in 2007-2008 to gauge interest in additional north-south border-to-border capacity. A total of 14 grid users concluded contracts with Fluxys for a minimum of ten years for new capacity from Zeebrugge, 's- Gravenvoeren and Eynatten (Belgium-Germany border) to Blaregnies. Overall, some 10 billion cubic metres of fresh capacity would be available annually.


Commissioning expected in late 2013

The Fluxys Board of Directors will take a definitive decision on the project once it has been approved by the transmission system operators in neighbouring countries. In view, in particular, of the permit procedures involved and scale of investment required, the new capacity would not be made available until late 2013.

Project description

The project, which requires investment of approximately €700 million, entails building and installing various infrastructure components, namely:

  • Laying a pipeline of approximately 125 km in length between the Winksele compressor station and the border station at Blaregnies on the France-Belgium border. In determining the route for the pipeline, Fluxys is seeking the most efficient solutions for connecting, among others, planned power stations in the Charleroi and La Louvière region and for shoring up the pipeline network in Wallonia;
  • Laying a second pipeline of approximately 5 km in length between the border station at ‘s-Gravenvoeren (Belgium-Dutch border) and the compressor station at Berneau to carry additional natural gas flows from Norway (via the Netherlands);
  • Additional compressor capacity at the Winksele and Berneau compressor stations;
  • Extensions of capacity at the ‘s-Gravenvoeren and Blaregnies metering stations.

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