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The NaTran Gas Pipeline Network is a gas transmission system in France.

Location

The network extends throughout France, with the exception of the Southwest.

Project details

Main Network

  • Operator: NaTran
  • Owner: NaTran
  • Parent company:
  • Length: 32634 km

Arc de Dierrey Gas Pipeline

  • Operator: GRTgaz[1]
  • Owner: GRTgaz[1]
  • Parent company: Engie, SIG[2][3]
  • Capacity: 15 billion cubic meters per year[4]
  • Length: 308 km / 191 miles[1]
  • Diameter: 48 inches[5]
  • Cost: €1.185 billion (US$1.4 billion)[1]
  • Financing: €77 million from the EU's European Energy Programme for Recovery[6]
  • Status: Operating[1]
  • Start Year: 2015[1]

Hauts de France II Gas Pipeline

  • Operator: GRTgaz[7]
  • Owner: GRTgaz[7]
  • Parent company: Engie, SIG[8]
  • Capacity: 13 billion cubic meters per year[9]
  • Length: 191 km / 119 miles[7][10]
  • Diameter: 36 inches (Loon-Plage to Pitgam), 48 inches (Pitgam to Cuvilly)[10][11]
  • Status: Operating[12]
  • Start Year: 2014[12]
Hydrogen Ready Expansion
  • Operator: GRTgaz[13]
  • Owner: GRTgaz[13]
  • Parent company: Engie, SIG[14]
  • Capacity:
  • Length:
  • Diameter:
  • Status: Proposed[15]
  • Start Year: 2030[16]

Le Havre–Paris Gas Pipeline

  • Operator: GRTgaz[17]
  • Owner: GRTgaz[17]
  • Parent company: Engie, SIG[18]
  • Capacity:
  • Length: 180.9 km / 112.4 mi[19]
  • Diameter: 508 mm / 20.0 in[20]
  • Status: Operating[20]

Morelmaison–Voisines Gas Pipeline

  • Operator: GRTgaz[21]
  • Owner: GRTgaz[21]
  • Parent company: Engie, SIG[22]
  • Capacity:
  • Length: 103.9 km / 64.6 mi[23]
  • Diameter: 600 mm / 23.6 in[24]
  • Status: Operating[24]

Brittany South Gas Pipeline

Background

Main Network

The NaTran network comprises approximately 84% of the French gas transmission network. It covers all areas of France except the Southwest, which is serviced by the Teréga Gas Pipeline Network. The first long distance pipelines in the system were built in the late 1950s and the network has been expanding ever since. The system was previously known as the GRTgaz Gas Pipeline Network, this changed in 2025 when GRTgaz was rebranded as NaTran. The network is a transmission network, with distribution pipelines being owned and operated by smaller local companies around France.

Arc de Dierrey Gas Pipeline

The pipeline starts at the Cuvilly compressor station in Oise département, where it connects with the Hauts de France II Gas Pipeline, and runs to Voisines (Haute Marne département), passing through Betz, Villeneuve-la-Lionne, Dierrey-St-Julien, and Chacenay.[28][29][30]

The Arc de Dierrey is a natural gas pipeline developed by French energy company GRTgaz. The pipeline was commissioned in 2015, with the goal of improving the flexibility of France's natural gas distribution network and transporting gas to northeastern France from the new Dunkirk LNG Terminal.[5] The pipeline was classified as a project of common interest (PCI) by the European Commission, with an investment of €1.185 billion.[1]

Hauts de France II Gas Pipeline

The pipeline starts at the Dunkirk LNG Terminal in Loon-Plage on France's north coast and runs south through Pitgam, Nédon, and Corbie to the compressor station at Cuvilly, where it connects with the Arc de Dierrey Gas Pipeline.[10][31][11] GRTgaz developed the Hauts de France II pipeline project as a means to transport natural gas from its newly launched Dunkirk LNG Terminal and enhance its existing natural gas network in northern France. Construction of the pipeline began in March 2012[32] and was completed in November 2014.[12]

The pipeline consists of four sections:

  • a 17 km, 36-inch section from the Dunkirk LNG Terminal to the Pitgam compressor station
  • a 51 km, 48-inch section from Pitgam to Nédon
  • a 71 km, 48-inch section from Nédon to Corbie
  • a 52 km, 48-inch section from Nédon to the Cuvilly compressor station[10]

The southernmost three sections, between Pitgam and Cuvilly, run parallel to the original Hauts de France pipeline, which was commissioned in 1996.[11] At Cuvilly, the Hauts de France Pipeline links up with the Arc de Dierrey Gas Pipeline. Both pipelines, together with the Dunkirk LNG Terminal, are key elements of GRTgaz's long-term strategy to increase natural gas supply to France's North Zone while developing transmission interconnections with Belgium, Germany and Switzerland.[31][33]

This pipeline is part of the European Hydrogen Backbone, and will feature a hydrogen ready expansion to the pipeline.[16] GRTGaz expects to be able to transmit up to 10% Hydrogen by 2030, with that number expected to increase by 2040.[34]

Le Havre–Paris Gas Pipeline

The pipeline starts in Paris, France, and runs to Le Havre, France.[35]This pipeline is part of the European Hydrogen Backbone, and will feature a hydrogen ready expansion to the pipeline.[36] GRTGaz expects to be able to transmit up to 10% Hydrogen by 2030, with that number expected to increase by 2040.[37]

Morelmaison–Voisines Gas Pipeline

The pipeline starts in Voisines, France, and runs to Morelmaison, France.[38] This pipeline is part of the European Hydrogen Backbone, and will feature a hydrogen ready expansion to the pipeline.[39] GRTGaz expects to be able to transmit up to 10% Hydrogen by 2030, with that number expected to increase by 2040.[40]

Brittany South Gas Pipeline

The pipeline runs from Pleyben to Pluvigner through central and south Brittany.[41]Construction work on the pipeline began in April 2021 and GRTGaz announced in November of that year that they expected the pipeline to be operational by January 2022. The pipeline transports gas from the Montoir LNG Terminal and was constructed to accommodate increased demand for fossil gas from the Landivisiau power station, which was built around the same time.[42]

Articles and resources

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "INTEGRATED NATIONAL ENERGY AND CLIMATE PLAN for FRANCE (p. 286)" (PDF). European Commission. March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "Governance that supports GRTgaz's commitments | grtgaz.com". GRTgaz.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  3. ↑ "Regulatory framework". GRTgaz. Retrieved 2020-10-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "Un chantier titanesque de 700 millions en Champagne-Ardenne". Traces Écrites News. March 12, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Arc de Dierrey pipeline". GRTgaz. Retrieved 2020-10-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ Michel Rose, New French gas pipeline to offer Germany alternative supply, Reuters, Jul. 2, 2014
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Hauts de France II pipeline project". GRTgaz. September 13, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ "Governance that supports GRTgaz's commitments | grtgaz.com". GRTgaz.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  9. ↑ "Picardie: le gazoduc Hauts de France II vu d'en haut". France 3 Hauts-de-France. June 6, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "Artère des Hauts de France II" (PDF). GRTgaz. May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Referenzprojekte: Hauts de France". EUROPIPE. Retrieved 2020-10-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Gaz : GRTgaz développe le réseau dans le Nord". Construction Cayola. November 10, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 GRTgaz (2018). "Plan décennal de développement du réseau de transport de GRTgaz" (PDF). grtgaz.com. Retrieved January 22, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ↑ "Governance that supports GRTgaz's commitments | grtgaz.com". GRTgaz.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  15. ↑ "The role of hydrogen transport and storage infrastructure | grtgaz.com". GRTgaz.com. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 European Hydrogen Backbone. "European Hydrogen Backbone Maps". EHB. Retrieved Oct 3rd, 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GRT 20193
  18. ↑ "Governance that supports GRTgaz's commitments | grtgaz.com". GRTgaz.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  19. ↑ TYNDP 2020 - MAP – Transmission, ENTSOG, October 2020; length calculated by Global Energy Monitor
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named SciGrid2
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GRT 20195
  22. ↑ "Governance that supports GRTgaz's commitments | grtgaz.com". GRTgaz.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
  23. ↑ TYNDP 2020 - MAP – Transmission, ENTSOG, October 2020; length calculated by Global Energy Monitor
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 Diettrich, J.C.; Pluta, A.; Medrjoubi, W. (July 23, 2020). "The combined IGG gas transmission network data set". SciGRID_gas. Retrieved September 2, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 "Tracé simplifié du réseau NaTran précis à environ 250 m (MAJ 2024)". odre.opendatasoft.com. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  26. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named of12
  27. ↑ "Lettre Information 11 Projet Bretagne Sud" (PDF). natrangroupe.com. 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2025-07-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  28. ↑ "Carte d'allotissement du projet Arc de Dierrey" (PDF). GRTgaz. Retrieved October 8, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  29. ↑ Diettrich, Pluta, Medrjoubi (July 23, 2020). "The combined IGG gas transmission network data set". DLR Institute for Networked Energy Systems. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  30. ↑ European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (October 2020). "TYNDP 2020 - MAP – Transmission" (PDF). ENTSOG. Retrieved December 4, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 "Ten-Year Development Plan for the GRTgaz Network - 2013-2022 Period (p. 41)" (PDF). GRTgaz. 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  32. ↑ "Artère des Hauts de France II: Une nouvelle canalisation de transport de gaz de Loon-Plage (Nord) à Cuvilly (Oise)" (PDF). GRTgaz. March 6, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  33. ↑ "Plan décennal de développement du réseau de transport de GRTgaz" (PDF). GRTgaz. 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  34. ↑ "The role of hydrogen transport and storage infrastructure | grtgaz.com". GRTgaz.com. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  35. ↑ GRTgaz (2018). "Plan décennal de développement du réseau de transport de GRTgaz" (PDF). grtgaz.com. Retrieved January 22, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  36. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named :12
  37. ↑ "The role of hydrogen transport and storage infrastructure | grtgaz.com". GRTgaz.com. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  38. ↑ GRTgaz (2018). "Plan décennal de développement du réseau de transport de GRTgaz" (PDF). grtgaz.com. Retrieved January 22, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  39. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named :122
  40. ↑ "The role of hydrogen transport and storage infrastructure | grtgaz.com". GRTgaz.com. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  41. ↑ Ouest France (2021-09-02). "Bretagne. 98 km, 7 000 tuyaux, 130 millions € : les chiffres du chantier du gazoduc « Bretagne Sud »". ouest-france.fr. Retrieved 2025-07-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  42. ↑ Daniel, Maël (2021-09-09). "Gazoduc en centre Bretagne : on en voit le bout -" (in français). Retrieved 2025-07-17.
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