Services
BBL company constructed a gas transmission pipeline (BBL) between
the UK and the Netherlands which connects Balgzand and Bacton. The gas flows from the Netherlands to the UK. In
December 2006, BBL Company started its commercial operation.
Joint venture
BBL
Company is a joint venture between E.ON-Ruhrgas (D), Fluxys (B) and the N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie. It constructs a 235 km long 36" high pressure gas
pipeline from the Netherlands (Balgzand) to the UK (Bacton). The BBL will allow
the additional import of gas from Europe to the UK, to increase security of
energy supply as the country relies more heavily on imported gas from 2005.
For more information call BBL Company,
Hans Boersma tel: +31 50 521 3541
or Margreet Zant tel: +31 50 521 1037.
For more information about the BBL project,
contact N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie,
Desirée Dijkstra tel: +31 50 521 2675.
The following services will be offered via the BBL in the
future:
- Interruptible forward flow
- Interruptible counter flow