Technical Details
Total length | 470 kilometres, of which about 100 kilometres are in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 270 kilometres are in Brandenburg 100 kilometres are in Saxony |
Capacity | over 35 billion cubic metres per annum |
Gradient | 700 metres of altitude |
Block valve stations | 28 (at distances of 10 to 18 km) |
Diameter of steel pipe | 1,400 millimetres (piggable) |
Material thickness | > 20 millimetres |
Pipe material | L 485 MB |
Length of pipe segments | 18 metres |
Weight per pipe | 15 tonnes |
Operating pressure | up to 100 bar |
Pipe coating | Polyethylene (PE) plastic |
Installation depth | 1 metre (min) of soil cover |
Special crossings | Lubmin harbour, Peene, Havel-Oder waterway, Löcknitz (micro-tunnel), Oder-Spree canal, Dame (horzizontal directional drilling), Elbe (open trench underwater crossing) |
Associated facilities | Greifswald landing point, Radeland compressor station |
Commissioning | October 2011 |