Gas transmission pipeline · Bayern to Saarland
MEGAL Gas Pipeline
MEGAL Gas Pipeline is an operating gas transmission pipeline in Germany. The tracker lists 1 tracked segment, 1,115 km long and 22 bcm/y of capacity, starting up in 1980. It runs from Bayern to Saarland. It is owned by Mittel-Europäische-Gasleitungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG.
Length
1,115 km
Capacity
22 bcm/y
16.2 Mtpa LNG equivalent
Segments tracked
1
Largest diameter 889 mm (35 in)
Route
MEGAL Gas Pipeline runs from Bayern to Saarland. 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
- Bayern
- To
- Saarland
- Start country
- Germany
- End country
- Germany
- Countries crossed
- Germany
- Onshore / offshore
- Not reported
- Fuel
- Gas
- Region
- Not reported
- Route drawn on map
- 807 km
- GEM pipeline ID
- P0706
- Start year
- 1980
- 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 | Bayern → Saarland | 1,115 | 22 | 889 mm | 1980 | 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.
Parent companies
In the news
Recent headlines that name MEGAL 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 MEGAL Gas Pipeline run?
- MEGAL Gas Pipeline runs from Bayern to Saarland, crossing Germany.
- How long is MEGAL Gas Pipeline?
- MEGAL Gas Pipeline is 1,115 km long.
- How much gas can MEGAL Gas Pipeline carry?
- MEGAL Gas Pipeline has a design capacity of 22 bcm/y. Where every segment of a project repeats the same figure it is counted once rather than summed.
- Is MEGAL Gas Pipeline operating?
- MEGAL Gas Pipeline is operating, having started in 1980.
- Who owns MEGAL Gas Pipeline?
- MEGAL Gas Pipeline is owned by Mittel-Europäische-Gasleitungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 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.
- METG PipelineNordrhein-Westfalen to Hessen · 172 km
- MIDAL Gas PipelineNiedersachsen to Rheinland-Pfalz · 702 km
- Mittelbrunn MEGAL–Remich Gas Pipeline65 km
- LSF–Extra Gas Pipeline91 km
- Marbeck-Heiden-DorstenNorth Rhine-Westphalia to North Rhine-Westphalia · 17 km
- Marbeck-Heiden-Dorsten Gas PipelineNorth Rhine-Westphalia to North Rhine-Westphalia · 1.5 km
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