Epe L- Gas

The Epe L-Gas storage facility became part of RWE Gasspeicher GmbH with the take-over of the storage business of Deutsche Essent GmbH in July 2010. The facility currently has a working gas volume of about 0.5 billion m³ and is connected to the Dutch pipeline system of Gas Transport Services B.V. (GTS).

Moreover, it is presently under construction and will also become commercial available as of autumn 2012 via the German pipeline system of Open Grid Europe in the market area of NetConnect Germany (NCG) to the German market.

Epe L-Gas

Gas storage facilitiesGas qualityNetwork operatorMarket areaWGV*
[million m³]
Max. injection capacity 
[m³/h]
Max. withdrawal capacity
[m³/h]
Epe L-GasL-GasGas Transport Services B.V (GTS)TTF542400,000800,000
*WGV: Working gas volume