Where does Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline run?

Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline runs from Niedersachsen to Groningen, crossing Germany.

How long is Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline?

Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline is 60 km long.

How much gas can Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline carry?

Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline has a design capacity of 39.4 bcm/y. Where every segment of a project repeats the same figure it is counted once rather than summed.

Is Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline operating?

Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline is operating, having started in 2011.

Who owns Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline?

Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline is owned by Norilsktransgaz JSC, as recorded in the current tracker release.

Does Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline serve an LNG terminal?

Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline passes within 25 km of 5 tracked LNG terminals. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance and how it was made.

Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline, Germany to Netherlands

Route

Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline runs from Niedersachsen to Groningen. The map draws the tracked route and any LNG terminal within 25 km of it.

Loads about 250 kB of map code and the country outline file.

From: Niedersachsen
To: Groningen
Start country: Germany
End country: Netherlands
Countries crossed: Germany
Onshore / offshore: Not reported
Fuel: Gas
Region: Not reported
Route drawn on map: 96 km
GEM pipeline ID: P1325
Start year: 2011
GEM wiki page: gem.wiki

Segments

Each row is one row of GEM's pipeline file. Project-level figures repeated on every segment are counted once in the totals above.

Segment	Status	From → to	Length	Capacity	Diameter	Start	Route from
Whole pipeline	Operating	Niedersachsen → Groningen	60	39.4	30480 mm	2011	GEM's route file

Connected LNG terminals

Terminals whose coordinates fall within 25 km of this route, or whose name matches the pipeline. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.

Terminal	Country	Import / export	Status	Distance	Matched by
Wilhelmshaven NWO FSRU	Germany	Import	Shelved	13.2 km	route proximity
Wilhelmshaven TES FSRU	Germany	Import	Operating	13.2 km	route proximity
Wilhelmshaven TES LNG Terminal	Germany	Import	Proposed	13.2 km	route proximity
Wilhelmshaven FSRU	Germany	Import	Operating	14.8 km	route proximity
Eemshaven FSRU	Netherlands	Import	Operating	15.9 km	route proximity

Owners and operators

Stakes as reported by GEM per segment, merged across segments.

Owners

Norilsktransgaz JSC100%

Parent companies

Norilsk Nickel Mining and Metallurgical Company PJSC100%

In the news

Recent headlines that name Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline. Matched by name, so it is approximate. Titles and links only; we store no article text.

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Common questions

Generated from the same tracker fields as the tables above, so the two cannot disagree. Each answer stands on its own.

Where does Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline run?: Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline runs from Niedersachsen to Groningen, crossing Germany.
How long is Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline?: Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline is 60 km long.
How much gas can Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline carry?: Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline has a design capacity of 39.4 bcm/y. Where every segment of a project repeats the same figure it is counted once rather than summed.
Is Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline operating?: Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline is operating, having started in 2011.
Who owns Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline?: Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline is owned by Norilsktransgaz JSC, as recorded in the current tracker release.
Does Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline serve an LNG terminal?: Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline passes within 25 km of 5 tracked LNG terminals. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance and how it was made.

More gas pipelines in Germany

Listed in name order among the 90 pipelines tracked in Germany, so projects with the same name sit together. A browse aid, not a claim that they are alike.

Background on the technology and the terms used on this page.

LNG against pipeline gas
A pipeline delivers gas at lower cost than LNG over land up to roughly two to four thousand kilometres, beyond which liquefaction wins, and across any significant body of deep water LNG usually wins at any distance.
How LNG works
Liquefied natural gas is natural gas chilled to about minus 162 degrees Celsius, at which point it becomes a liquid roughly 600 times smaller than the gas, so it can be shipped where no pipeline runs.
Mtpa, bcm and cubic metres
LNG capacity is quoted in three incompatible units, and the two conversions that matter are 1 million tonnes a year equals about 1.36 billion cubic metres of gas a year, and 1 cubic metre of liquid equals about 600 cubic metres of gas.
What terminal status actually means
A project status describes how far an LNG terminal or train has progressed, and the gap between proposed and operating is the single most misread number in the industry.

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Reference

LNG Atlas. (2026). Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline, Germany to Netherlands. https://lngatlas.org/pipeline/bunde-etzel-gas-pipeline-de/ Data: Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, November 2025, CC BY 4.0.

BibTeX

BibTeX entry

@misc{lngatlaspipelinebundeetzelgaspipelinede2026,
  author = {{LNG Atlas}},
  title = {Bunde-Etzel Gas Pipeline, Germany to Netherlands},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://lngatlas.org/pipeline/bunde-etzel-gas-pipeline-de/},
  note = {Data: Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, November 2025, CC BY 4.0},
}