About BBL

BBL Company operates BBL, a 235-kilometre gas pipeline with an hourly capacity of 10,000,000 kWh/h (Forward Flow, NL to GB) between Balgzand in the Netherlands and Bacton in Great Britain and an hourly capacity of 7,699,193 kWh/h (Reverse Flow, GB to NL) between Bacton and Balgzand. 

With gas flowing between the Netherlands and Great Britain, BBL increases the GB’s supply security, strengthens the position of the Netherlands as a leading European gas player, supports the integration of the European gas market, and connects the TTF with the NBP hub. It also powers GB homes and businesses and allows shipper to exploit differences between GB and Dutch gas prices.

Technical specifications

36 inch 

Pipeline diameter

Gas terminal

Bacton facilities

Compression

Electrically driven compressor station at Anna Paulowna (NL)