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Baltic Pipe
Natural gas pipeline from Europipe II to Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Baltic Pipe is a natural gas pipeline between Europipe II (which traverses the North Sea between Norway and Germany) and Poland. It is a strategic infrastructure project to create a new European gas supply corridor.[1]
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From | Europipe II, North Sea |
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To | Poland |
General information | |
Type | natural gas |
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Commissioned | 27 September — 30 November 2022 |
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Length | 900 km (560 mi) |
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The Baltic Pipe transports natural gas from the North Sea to Poland via Denmark at up to 10 billion cubic metres (350 billion cubic feet) per year.[1][2] The project was developed by the Danish gas and electricity transmission system operator Energinet and the Polish gas transmission system operator Gaz-System.[3][4] The project is recognised as a Project of Common Interest of the European Union.[5][3]
The Baltic Pipe officially became operational on 27 September 2022,[6] one day after a series of as of yet unexplained explosions on 26 September 2022 rendered the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines from Russia to Germany inoperable.[7]