Where does Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO) run?

Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO) runs from Hesse to Hesse, crossing Germany.

How long is Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO)?

Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO) is 117 km long.

How much gas can Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO) carry?

No design capacity is reported for Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO). That is an absent figure, not a zero.

Is Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO) operating?

Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO) is proposed, with a reported start year of 2027.

Who owns Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO)?

Ownership of Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO) is not reported in the current tracker release.

Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO), Germany

Route

Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO) runs from Hesse to Hesse. 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: Hesse
To: Hesse
Start country: Germany
End country: Germany
Countries crossed: Germany
Onshore / offshore: Not reported
Fuel: Gas
Region: Not reported
Route drawn on map: 109 km
GEM pipeline ID: P7566
Start year: 2027
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	Proposed	Hesse → Hesse	117	Not reported	25400 mm	2027	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.

Ownership is not reported for this pipeline.

In the news

Recent headlines that name Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO). 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 Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO) run?: Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO) runs from Hesse to Hesse, crossing Germany.
How long is Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO)?: Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO) is 117 km long.
How much gas can Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO) carry?: No design capacity is reported for Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO). That is an absent figure, not a zero.
Is Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO) operating?: Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO) is proposed, with a reported start year of 2027.
Who owns Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO)?: Ownership of Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO) is not reported 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.

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

What terminal status actually means
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Reference

LNG Atlas. (2026). Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO), Germany. https://lngatlas.org/pipeline/spessart-odenwald-gas-pipeline-spo-de/ Data: Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, November 2025, CC BY 4.0.

BibTeX

BibTeX entry

@misc{lngatlaspipelinespessartodenwaldgaspipelinespode2026,
  author = {{LNG Atlas}},
  title = {Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO), Germany},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://lngatlas.org/pipeline/spessart-odenwald-gas-pipeline-spo-de/},
  note = {Data: Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, November 2025, CC BY 4.0},
}