South German natural gas pipeline explained

South German natural gas pipeline
Type:natural gas
Country:Germany
Operator:SEL Süddeutsche Erdgasleitung
Partners:E.ON Ruhrgas, Wingas
Length Km:500
Direction:east-west
Start:Burghausen
Finish:Lampertheim
Est:canceled

South German natural gas pipeline (German: Süddeutsche Erdgasleitung (SEL)) was a natural gas pipeline project in Germany. It was planned to run from Burghausen on the German-Austrian border to Lampertheim, state of Hesse. The length of the pipeline was to be about and the diameter was to be 1200mm. The pipeline was to be constructed jointly by E.ON Ruhrgas and Wingas, a joint venture of Wintershall and Russian Gazprom. The project was expected to cost €600 million ($759.2 million). Project was stopped in November 2008, mainly due to difficulties in financing. According to Wingas, the pipeline project was not economically sustainable; hence the halt of operations.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Germany's Wingas Nixes Natural Gas Pipeline . . . 2008-11-19 . 2016-04-23.