Baltic Pipe

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.

This article is about the pipeline between Europipe II and Poland. For other Baltic pipelines, see Baltic pipeline (disambiguation).

Baltic Pipe
Location of Baltic Pipe
Location
Country
FromEuropipe II, North Sea
Passes through
ToPoland
General information
Typenatural gas
Operator
Commissioned27 September — 30 November 2022
Technical information
Length900 km (560 mi)
Maximum discharge
  • 10 billion m3/a (350 billion cu ft/a) (Norway–Denmark–Poland)
  • 3 billion m3/a (110 billion cu ft/a) (Poland–Denmark)

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. The project was developed by the Danish gas and electricity transmission system operator Energinet and the Polish gas transmission system operator Gaz-System. The project is recognised as a Project of Common Interest of the European Union.

The Baltic Pipe officially became operational on 27 September 2022, 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.

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