METG Pipeline

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METG Pipeline is a gas pipeline in Germany.

Location

METG runs from Paffrath (a district of Bergisch Gladbach), in Nordrhein-Westfalen, to Gernsheim, Hessen, Germany. It connects with the NETG Pipeline at Paffrath, and with the MEGAL Gas Pipeline at Gernsheim; for the entirety of its length it runs alongside the Werne-Gernsheim Gas Pipeline, also owned by Open Grid Europe.

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Project Details

• Operator: Mittelrheinische Erdgastransportleitungsgesellschaft (METG) mbH
• Owner: Mittelrheinische Erdgastransportleitungsgesellschaft (METG) mbH
• Parent company: Open Grid Europe
• Current capacity:
• Length: 180 km (estimated)
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 1968

Background

METG is an abbreviation for Mittelrheinische Erdgastransport­leitungsgesellschaft, or "Middle Rhine Gas Transport Pipeline Company." The METG pipeline system was commissioned in 1968. It is connected to the NETG Pipeline system at Paffrath, and to the MEGAL Gas Pipeline at Gernsheim. It is used to transport Dutch natural gas to western and south-western Germany. METG is now owned solely by Open Grid Europe.