Where does Main Network run?

Main Network is recorded in Belgium. Global Energy Monitor reports no start and end points for it.

How much gas can Main Network carry?

No design capacity is reported for Main Network. That is an absent figure, not a zero.

Who owns Main Network?

Main Network is owned by Fluxys Belgium, as recorded in the current tracker release.

Does Main Network serve an LNG terminal?

Main Network passes within 25 km of 2 tracked LNG terminals. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance and how it was made.

Main Network — gas pipeline, Belgium

Route

Main Network runs from Belgium. 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: Not reported
To: Not reported
Start country: Belgium
End country: Belgium
Countries crossed: Belgium
Onshore / offshore: Not reported
Fuel: Gas
Region: Europe
Route drawn on map: 3,508 km
GEM pipeline ID: P7484
Start year: Not reported
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	Not reported	4,000	Not reported	—	—	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
Zeebrugge LNG Terminal	Belgium	Import	Operating	0.2 km	route proximity
Terneuzen FSRU	Netherlands	Import	Cancelled	15 km	route proximity

Owners and operators

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

Owners

Fluxys Belgium100%

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 Main Network run?: Main Network is recorded in Belgium. Global Energy Monitor reports no start and end points for it.
How long is Main Network?: Main Network is 4,000 km long.
How much gas can Main Network carry?: No design capacity is reported for Main Network. That is an absent figure, not a zero.
Is Main Network operating?: Main Network is operating.
Who owns Main Network?: Main Network is owned by Fluxys Belgium, as recorded in the current tracker release.
Does Main Network serve an LNG terminal?: Main Network passes within 25 km of 2 tracked LNG terminals. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance and how it was made.

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.
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.