Transitgas Gas Pipeline

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Transit Gas Pipeline is an operating pipeline system in Switzerland.

Location

The pipeline begins as a fork, stretching from the German-Swiss border town of Wallbach and also the French-Swiss border town of Rodersdorf Southwest of Wallbach. The pipeline then stretches South through Switzerland, ending at the town of Griespass at the Italian-Swiss border.

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Project Details

• Operator: FluxSwiss, Swissgas
• Owner: Transitgas
• Parent: Gaznat, Erdgas Oschtweitz, Gasverbund Mitteland, Gaz Energie, EWL, Fluxys, Other
• Current capacity: 15.7 billion cubic meters per year
• Length: 293 kilomters
• Status: Operating
• Start Year:1974

Ownership

Transitgas AG is a joint-venture between Swissgas (51%), Fluxswiss (46%), and E.ON Ruhrgas (3%). Fluxswiss itself is the Swiss branch of the Belgian company, Fluxys. Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and Swissgas also have shares in Fluxswiss.

History

The pipeline was commissioned in 1974 and originally spanned 164 kilometers, stretching from the German-Swiss border South to the Italian-Swiss border. The compressor station was built at Ruswil, approximately halfway between Germany and Italy. The capacity at the time was between 5 to 7 billion cubic meters per year.

Due to growing demand for gas in Switzerland, the transport system between Wallbach and Däniken was expanded in 1994 by a 33 km long 36” parallel pipeline.

Between 1997 and 2003, a major expansion of the Transitgas pipeline ensued. A connection to France was made during this period, along with multiple projects which expanded with the width of the pipeline in various areas coupled with the construction of parallel lines throughout the system. The expansion projects ultimately increased Transitgas's capacity to 15.7 billion cubic meters per year, nearly three times the pipeline system's original capacity.

Background

The Transitgas pipeline is 293 kilometers long, has one compression station, and transports natural gas mostly from the Netherlands and from Norway. It crosses Switzerland for 165 kilometers from Wallbach, where it joins the pipeline system owned by Trans Europa Naturgas Pipeline (TENP), to Passo Gries at the Italian border where it joins the Italian network owned by Snam Rete Gas.

In 2001, 55 kilometers of pipeline were added the Transitgas Pipeline system. The additional pipeline starts from Rodersdorf/Oltingue at the French-Swiss border, which is an interconnection point with the network owned by Gaz de France. The pipeline transports Norwegian gas to Lostorf in Switzerland, which is an interconnection point with the line coming from Wallbach.

Identifiers

The SciGRID_gas combined IGG gas transmission network data set refers to the pipeline as INET_PL_7240, INET_PL_7244.