Country
Germany: LNG infrastructure
Germany has 12 LNG terminals and 106 tracked gas pipelines in the Global Energy Monitor tracker. It is an importer, with 22.6 Mtpa of operating regasification capacity and no operating liquefaction.
Export capacity
—
no export terminal tracked
Import capacity
22.6 Mtpa
21.5 Mtpa under construction
Pipelines
106
23,045 km tracked
Fleet
0
0 owned from here (flag not reported this release)
Import and export balance
| Direction | Terminals | Operating | Under construction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Export (liquefaction) | 0 | — | — |
| Import (regasification) | 12 | 22.6 | 21.5 |
Figures are whole-terminal capacities in Mtpa, not adjusted for ownership stakes or utilisation.
LNG terminals in Germany
| Import / export | Type | Units | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunsbüttel FSRUHamburg | Import | FSRU | Operating | 3.67 Mtpa | 3 | 2023 |
| Brunsbüttel LNG TerminalHamburg | Import | Not reported | Under construction | 7.35 Mtpaunder construction | 1 | — |
| Lubmin FSRU | Import | FSRU | Proposed | Not reported | 2 | 2023 |
| Lubmin RWE FSRU | Import | FSRU | Shelved | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Mukran FSRU | Import | FSRU | Operating | 9.92 Mtpa | 2 | 2024 |
| Rostock LNG Terminal | Import | Not reported | Shelved | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Stade FSRU | Import | FSRU | Under construction | 4.41 Mtpaunder construction | 1 | — |
| Stade LNG TerminalLower Saxony | Import | Not reported | Under construction | 9.78 Mtpaunder construction | 1 | — |
| Wilhelmshaven FSRULower Saxony | Import | FSRU | Operating | 5.7 Mtpa | 2 | 2023 |
| Wilhelmshaven NWO FSRU | Import | FSRU | Shelved | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Wilhelmshaven TES FSRU | Import | FSRU | Operating | 3.31 Mtpa | 1 | 2025 |
| Wilhelmshaven TES LNG Terminal | Import | Not reported | Proposed | 11 Mtpaproposed | 2 | — |
Gas pipelines crossing Germany
Any pipeline whose country list includes this country, including transit pipelines that only pass through.
| Countries | Segments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achim-Elbe Sud Gas PipelineLower Saxony → Lower Saxony | Germany | Proposed | 86 km | Not reported | 1 | 2027 |
| Augusta Gas PipelineBavaria → Bavaria | Germany | Under construction | 41 km | Not reported | 1 | 2025 |
| Baltic Gas InterconnectorMecklenburg-Vorpommern → Scania | Germany, Sweden, Denmark | Cancelled | 200 km | 3 bcm/y | 1 | — |
| Bernau-Neu Brandenberg Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 119 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Brunsbüttel LNG PipelinesSchleswig-Holstein → Schleswig-Holstein | Germany | Operating | 3 km | Not reported | 1 | 2023 |
| Brunsbüttel LNG PipelinesSchleswig-Holstein → Schleswig-Holstein | Germany | Operating | 55 km | Not reported | 1 | 2024 |
| Bunde-Etzel Gas PipelineNiedersachsen → Groningen | Germany | Operating | 60 km | 39.4 bcm/y | 1 | 2011 |
| Bunde-Wardenburg Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 69 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| DEUDAN Gas PipelineSchleswig-Holstein → Schleswig-Holstein | Germany | Operating | 110 km | Not reported | 1 | 1982 |
| Dusseldorf-Paffrath Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 47 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| ERM Extra Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 8.1 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| ERM-Pipeline GASCADE | Germany | Operating | 51 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Egenstedt-Clauen Gas PipelineLower Saxony → Lower Saxony | Germany | Proposed | 17 km | Not reported | 1 | 2029 |
| Emden-Etzel Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | Not reported | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Epe–St.Hubert Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 143 km | Not reported | 1 | 1993 |
| Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas PipelineLower Saxony → Niedersachsen | Germany | Under construction | 60 km | Not reported | 1 | 2025 |
| Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas PipelineNiedersachsen → North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany | Under construction | 78 km | Not reported | 1 | 2026 |
| European Gas Pipeline Link (EUGAL)Mecklenburg-Vorpommern → Sachsen | Germany | Operating | 485 km | 55 bcm/y | 1 | 2021 |
| Europipe I Gas PipelineNorth Sea → Lower Saxony | United Kingdom, Germany, Norway | Operating | 620 km | 13 bcm/y | 1 | 1995 |
| Europipe II Gas PipelineRogaland → Lower Saxony | Norway, Germany | Operating | 658 km | 21 bcm/y | 1 | 1999 |
| Finsing–Pfronten Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 160 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Forchheim-Münchsmünster Gas PipelineBavaria → Bavaria | Germany | Proposed | 9.8 km | Not reported | 1 | 2027 |
| Forchheim–Finsing Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 77 km | Not reported | 1 | 1993 |
| Furstenwalde-Deutschneudorf Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 88 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Furstenwalde-Deutschneudorf Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 129 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Furstenwalde-Deutschneudorf Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 122 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Gazela PipelineÚstí nad Labem Region → Bavaria | Czechia, Germany | Operating | 166 km | 30 bcm/y | 1 | 2013 |
| Hassel-Westen Gas PipelineLower Saxony → Lower Saxony | Germany | Proposed | 8 km | Not reported | 1 | 2032 |
| Heidenau-Quarnstedt Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 70 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Hoeningen-Oberaußem Gas PipelineNorth Rhine-Westphalia → North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany | Proposed | 14 km | Not reported | 1 | 2029 |
| Ingolstadt-Günzburg Gas PipelineBavaria → Bavaria | Germany | Operating | 79 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| JAGAL Gas PipelineBrandenburg → Thüringen | Germany | Operating | 338 km | 24 bcm/y | 1 | 1999 |
| Kalle-Werne Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 112 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Karlsruhe-Basel Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 201 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Karlsruhe-Ulm Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 158 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Kateřinský Potok Junction Point–Přimda Junction Point Gas Pipeline | Czechia, Germany | Operating | 150 km | 27.5 bcm/y | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiefersfelden–Finsing Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 75 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| LSF Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 63 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| LSF–Extra Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 91 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Laren-Vreden Gas Pipeline | Netherlands, Germany | Operating | 42 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Lauchhammer 2 - Großkoschen Gas PipelineBrandenburg → Brandenburg | Germany | Shelved | 28 km | Not reported | 1 | 2027 |
| MEGAL Gas PipelineBayern → Saarland | Germany | Operating | 1,115 km | 22 bcm/y | 1 | 1980 |
| MEGAL–France Gas Pipeline | France, Germany | Operating | 86 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| METG PipelineNordrhein-Westfalen → Hessen | Germany | Operating | 172 km | Not reported | 1 | 1968 |
| MIDAL Gas PipelineNiedersachsen → Rheinland-Pfalz | Germany | Operating | 702 km | 12.8 bcm/y | 1 | 1993 |
| Marbeck-Heiden-DorstenNorth Rhine-Westphalia → North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany | Proposed | 17 km | Not reported | 1 | 2026 |
| Marbeck-Heiden-Dorsten Gas PipelineNorth Rhine-Westphalia → North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany | Proposed | 1.5 km | Not reported | 1 | 2026 |
| Mittelbrunn MEGAL–Remich Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 65 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Monaco Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 87 km | Not reported | 1 | 2019 |
| NEL Gas PipelineMecklenburg-Vorpommern → Niedersachsen | Germany | Operating | 440 km | 20 bcm/y | 1 | 2012 |
| NETG PipelineNordrhein-Westfalen → Nordrhein-Westfalen | Germany | Operating | 135 km | Not reported | 1 | 1967 |
| NETRA Gas PipelineNiedersachsen → Sachsen-Anhalt | Germany | Operating | 408 km | 21.4 bcm/y | 1 | 1995 |
| Neckarenztal Gas PipelineBaden-Württemberg → Baden-Württemberg | Germany | Operating | 28 km | Not reported | 1 | 2023 |
| Neu Brandenberg-Rostock Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 141 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Nord Stream 2 Gas PipelineLeningrad Oblast → Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany | Mothballed | 1,230 km | 55 bcm/y | 1 | 2022 |
| Nord Stream Gas PipelineLeningrad Oblast → Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Russia, Germany | Mothballed | 1,222 km | 55 bcm/y | 1 | 2011 |
| Nordschwarzwaldleitung (NOS) Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 70 km | Not reported | 1 | 2016 |
| Nord–West Anbindungsleitung Gas Pipeline (NOWAL) | Germany | Operating | 26 km | Not reported | 1 | 2020 |
| Norpipe Gas PipelineNorth Sea → North East United Kingdom | Norway, Germany | Operating | 431 km | 16 bcm/y | 1 | 1977 |
| OPAL Gas PipelineMecklenburg-Vorpommern → Sachsen | Germany | Operating | 470 km | 35 bcm/y | 1 | 2011 |
| Obermichelbach-Wolfsburg Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 233 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Ommen-Legden Gas Pipeline | Netherlands, Germany | Operating | 52 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Ostsee Anbindungsleitung (OAL) Gas PipelineMecklenburg-Vorpommern → Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Germany | Operating | 50 km | Not reported | 1 | 2024 |
| Persian Gas Pipeline | Iran, Türkiye, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, France, Spain | Cancelled | 3,300 km | 40 bcm/y | 1 | — |
| Puth Schinnen-Paffrath Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 62 km | Not reported | 1 | 1965 |
| Ravenstein-Echt Gas Pipeline | Netherlands, Germany | Operating | 97 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Rehden-Diepholz Gas PipelineLower Saxony → Lower Saxony | Germany | Proposed | 9 km | Not reported | 1 | 2032 |
| Rehden-Hamburg Gas PipelineNiedersachsen → Niedersachsen | Germany | Operating | 132 km | 4.2 bcm/y | 1 | 1994 |
| Rimpar-Hüttendorf Gas PipelineBavaria → Bavaria | Germany | Proposed | 90 km | Not reported | 1 | 2031 |
| Rixfeld–Scheidt Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 107 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Rostock-Schwerin Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 78 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Rostock-Steinitz Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 161 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| STEGAL Gas PipelineSachsen → Hessen | Germany | Operating | 314 km | 8 bcm/y | 1 | 1992 |
| Scheemda-Emden Gas Pipeline | Netherlands, Germany | Operating | 28 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Scheemda–Bunde Gas Pipeline | Netherlands, Germany | Operating | 16 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Scheinfeld-Lindau Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 280 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Schwerin-Magdeburg Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 179 km | Not reported | 1 | 1993 |
| South German Gas PipelineHesse → Baden-Württemberg | Germany | Proposed | 24 km | Not reported | 1 | 2028 |
| South German Gas PipelineBaden-Württemberg → Baden-Württemberg | Germany | Under construction | 60 km | Not reported | 1 | 2027 |
| South German Gas PipelineBaden-Württemberg → Baden-Württemberg | Germany | Operating | 24 km | Not reported | 1 | 2024 |
| South German Gas PipelineBaden-Württemberg → Baden-Württemberg | Germany | Under construction | 43 km | Not reported | 1 | 2026 |
| South German Gas PipelineBaden-Württemberg → Baden-Württemberg | Germany | Proposed | 100 km | Not reported | 1 | 2032 |
| Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO)Hesse → Hesse | Germany | Proposed | 117 km | Not reported | 1 | 2027 |
| Spijk–Emden Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 26 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Steinitz-Bernau Gas PipelineSachsen-Anhalt → Brandenburg | Germany | Operating | 164 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Steinitz-Brandov Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 340 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Steinitz-Lauchhammer Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 271 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Stolberg–Eynatten Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 11 km | Not reported | 1 | 1993 |
| Tauern Gas PipelineBayern → Friuli Venezia Giulia | Germany, Austria, Italy | Cancelled | 290 km | 11.4 bcm/y | 1 | — |
| Trans Europa Naturgas PipelineNordrhein-Westfalen → Aargau | Germany, Switzerland | Operating | 505 km | 9.25 bcm/y | 1 | 1974 |
| Trans Europa Naturgas PipelineBaden-Württemberg → North Rhine-Westphalia | Germany | Operating | 0 km | 5.4 bcm/y | 1 | 2020 |
| Trans Europa Naturgas PipelineRheinland-Pfalz) → Rheinland-Pfalz) | Germany | Operating | 38 km | Not reported | 1 | 2025 |
| Trans Europa Naturgas PipelineBaden-Württemberg → Baden-Württemberg | Germany | Operating | 29 km | Not reported | 1 | 2025 |
| Trans Europa Naturgas PipelineBaden-Württemberg → Baden-Württemberg | Germany | Operating | 31 km | Not reported | 1 | 2025 |
| Trans Europa Naturgas PipelineNordrhein-Westfalen → Aargau | Germany, Switzerland | Operating | 436 km | 9.25 bcm/y | 1 | 1974 |
| Ulm–Lindau Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 121 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Vreden-Dusseldorf Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 65 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| WEDAL Gas PipelineNordrhein-Westfalen → Lüttich | Germany, Belgium | Operating | 236 km | 10 bcm/y | 1 | 1998 |
| Wardenburg-Werne Gas PipelineNiedersachsen → Nordrhein-Westfalen | Germany | Operating | 290 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Werne-Gernsheim Gas PipelineNordrhein-Westfalen → Hessen | Germany | Operating | 277 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Werne-Schlüchtern-Rimpar Gas PipelineNordrhein-Westfalen → Bayern | Germany | Operating | 277 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Wilhelmshaven LNG Terminal Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 28 km | 10 bcm/y | 1 | 2023 |
| Yamal-Europe Gas Pipeline | Russia, Belarus, Germany, Poland | Idle | 1,660 km | 33 bcm/y | 1 | 1999 |
| Zeelink Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 227 km | 9.64 bcm/y | 1 | 2021 |
| Zeelink Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 212 km | Not reported | 1 | 2024 |
| Zweekhorst–Paffrath Gas Pipeline | Netherlands, Germany | Operating | 20 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
Companies headquartered in Germany
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