Gas transmission pipeline · Niedersachsen to North Rhine-Westphalia
Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas Pipeline
Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas Pipeline is an under construction gas transmission pipeline in Germany. The tracker lists 1 tracked segment, 78 km long, starting up in 2026. It runs from Niedersachsen to North Rhine-Westphalia. It is owned by Open Grid Europe.
Length
78 km
Capacity
Not reported
Segments tracked
1
Largest diameter 25400 mm (1000 in)
Route
Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas Pipeline runs from Niedersachsen to North Rhine-Westphalia. 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
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Start country
- Germany
- End country
- Germany
- Countries crossed
- Germany
- Onshore / offshore
- Not reported
- Fuel
- Gas
- Region
- Not reported
- Route drawn on map
- 89 km
- GEM pipeline ID
- P5489
- Start year
- 2026
- Estimated cost (GEM, US dollars)
- $325 million
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wardenburg-Drohne (WAD) | Under construction | Niedersachsen → North Rhine-Westphalia | 78 | Not reported | 25400 mm | 2026 | 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.
No tracked LNG terminal lies within 25 km of this pipeline's route.
Owners and operators
Stakes as reported by GEM per segment, merged across segments.
Owners
- Open Grid Europe100%
Parent companies
In the news
Recent headlines that name Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas Pipeline. Matched by name, so it is approximate. Titles and links only; we store no article text.
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 Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas Pipeline run?
- Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas Pipeline runs from Niedersachsen to North Rhine-Westphalia, crossing Germany.
- How long is Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas Pipeline?
- Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas Pipeline is 78 km long.
- How much gas can Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas Pipeline carry?
- No design capacity is reported for Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas Pipeline. That is an absent figure, not a zero.
- Is Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas Pipeline operating?
- Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas Pipeline is under construction, with a reported start year of 2026.
- Who owns Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas Pipeline?
- Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas Pipeline is owned by Open Grid Europe, as recorded in the current tracker release.
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.
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- Finsing–Pfronten Gas Pipeline160 km
- Forchheim-Münchsmünster Gas PipelineBavaria to Bavaria · 9.8 km
- ERM Extra Gas Pipeline8.1 km
- ERM-Pipeline GASCADE51 km
- Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas PipelineLower Saxony to Niedersachsen · 60 km
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