Country
Germany: LNG infrastructure
Germany has 12 LNG terminals and 98 tracked gas pipelines in the Global Energy Monitor tracker. It is an importer, with 17 Mtpa of operating regasification capacity and no operating liquefaction.
Export capacity
—
no export terminal tracked
Import capacity
17 Mtpa
22.8 Mtpa under construction
Pipelines
98
22,713 km tracked
Fleet
0
0 flagged, 0 owned from here
Import and export balance
| Direction | Terminals | Operating | Under construction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Export (liquefaction) | 0 | — | — |
| Import (regasification) | 12 | 17 | 22.8 |
Figures are whole-terminal capacities in Mtpa, not adjusted for ownership stakes or utilisation.
LNG terminals in Germany
| Import / export | Type | Units | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunsbüttel FSRUHamburg | Import | FSRU | Operating | 3.8 Mtpa | 3 | 2023 |
| Brunsbüttel LNG TerminalHamburg | Import | Not reported | Under construction | 7.35 Mtpaunder construction | 1 | — |
| Jade Energy LNG Terminal | Import | Not reported | Proposed | 14.7 Mtpaproposed | 3 | — |
| Lubmin FSRU | Import | FSRU | Proposed | Not reported | 2 | 2023 |
| Lubmin RWE FSRU | Import | FSRU | Shelved | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Mukran FSRU | Import | FSRU | Operating | 3.71 Mtpa | 3 | 2024 |
| Rostock LNG Terminal | Import | Not reported | Proposed | 0.8 Mtpaproposed | 1 | — |
| Stade FSRU | Import | FSRU | Under construction | 5.7 Mtpaunder construction | 1 | — |
| Stade LNG TerminalLower Saxony | Import | Not reported | Under construction | 9.78 Mtpaunder construction | 1 | — |
| Wilhelmshaven FSRULower Saxony | Import | FSRU | Operating | 5.7 Mtpa | 2 | 2023 |
| Wilhelmshaven NWO FSRU | Import | FSRU | Cancelled | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Wilhelmshaven TES FSRU | Import | FSRU | Operating | 3.8 Mtpa | 1 | 2025 |
Gas pipelines crossing Germany
Any pipeline whose country list includes this country, including transit pipelines that only pass through.
| Countries | Segments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achim-Elbe Sud Gas PipelineAchim → Steinkirchen | Germany | Under construction | 86 km | Not reported | 1 | 2027 |
| Augusta Gas PipelineWertingen → Kotz | Germany | Under construction | 41 km | Not reported | 1 | 2025 |
| Baltic Gas InterconnectorRostock → Trelleborg | Germany, Sweden, Denmark | Cancelled | 200 km | 3 bcm/y | 1 | — |
| Bernau-Neu Brandenberg Gas PipelineBernau → Neu Brandenberg | Germany | Operating | 119 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Brunsbüttel LNG PipelinesBrunsbüttel → Hetlingen | Germany | Operating | 55 km | Not reported | 1 | 2024 |
| Bunde-Etzel Gas PipelineEtzel → Oude Statenzijl | Germany | Operating | 60 km | 39.4 bcm/y | 1 | 2011 |
| Bunde-Wardenburg Gas PipelineBunde → Wardenburg | Germany | Operating | 69 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| DEUDAN Gas PipelineQuarnstedt interconnection → Ellund | Germany | Operating | 110 km | Not reported | 1 | 1982 |
| Dusseldorf-Paffrath Gas PipelineDusseldorf → Paffrath | Germany | Operating | 47 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| ERM Extra Gas PipelineKarlsruhe → Au am Rhein | Germany | Operating | 8.1 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| ERM-Pipeline GASCADELudwigshafen → Karlsruhe | Germany | Operating | 51 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Egenstedt-Clauen Gas PipelineEgenstedt → Clauen | Germany | Proposed | 17 km | Not reported | 1 | 2029 |
| Epe–St.Hubert Gas PipelineLegden → EpeH | Germany | Operating | 143 km | Not reported | 1 | 1993 |
| Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas PipelineEtzel → Wardenburg | Germany | Under construction | 60 km | Not reported | 1 | 2025 |
| Etzel-Wardenburg-Drohne Gas PipelineWardenburg → Drohne | Germany | Under construction | 78 km | Not reported | 1 | 2026 |
| European Gas Pipeline Link (EUGAL)Lubmin → Deutschneudorf | Germany | Operating | 485 km | 55 bcm/y | 1 | 2021 |
| Europipe I Gas PipelineDraupner E platform → Emden | United Kingdom, Germany, Norway | Operating | 620 km | 13 bcm/y | 1 | 1995 |
| Europipe II Gas PipelineKårstø → Dornum | Norway, Germany | Operating | 658 km | 21 bcm/y | 1 | 1999 |
| Finsing–Pfronten Gas PipelineFinsing → Pfronten | Germany | Operating | 160 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Forchheim-Münchsmünster Gas PipelineForchheim → Münchsmünster | Germany | Proposed | 9.8 km | Not reported | 1 | 2027 |
| Forchheim–Finsing Gas PipelineFinsing → Forchheim | Germany | Operating | 77 km | Not reported | 1 | 1993 |
| Furstenwalde-Deutschneudorf Gas PipelineFurstenwalde → Gublin | Germany | Operating | 88 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Furstenwalde-Deutschneudorf Gas PipelineLasow → Deutschneudorf | Germany | Operating | 129 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Furstenwalde-Deutschneudorf Gas Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 122 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Gazela PipelineHora Svaté Kateřiny → Waidhaus | Czechia, Germany | Operating | 166 km | 30 bcm/y | 1 | 2013 |
| Hassel-Westen Gas PipelineHassel → Westen | Germany | Proposed | 8 km | Not reported | 1 | 2032 |
| Heidenau-Quarnstedt Gas PipelineHeidenau → Quarnstedt | Germany | Operating | 70 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Hoeningen-Oberaußem Gas PipelineHoeningen → Oberaußem | Germany | Proposed | 14 km | Not reported | 1 | 2029 |
| Ingolstadt-Günzburg Gas PipelineIngolstadt → Günzburg | Germany | Operating | 79 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| JAGAL Gas PipelineLebus → Rückersdorf | Germany | Operating | 338 km | 24 bcm/y | 1 | 1999 |
| Kalle-Werne Gas PipelineKalle → Werne | Germany | Operating | 112 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Karlsruhe-Basel Gas PipelineKarlsruhe → Basel | Germany | Operating | 201 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Karlsruhe-Ulm Gas PipelineKarlsruhe → Lindau | Germany | Operating | 158 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Kateřinský Potok Junction Point–Přimda Junction Point Gas PipelineHSK → Primda | Czechia, Germany | Operating | 150 km | 27.5 bcm/y | 1 | 2021 |
| Kiefersfelden–Finsing Gas PipelineKiefersfelden → Finsing | Germany | Operating | 75 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| LSF Gas PipelineSchwandorf → Forchheim | Germany | Operating | 63 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| LSF–Extra Gas PipelineFinsing → Burghausen | Germany | Operating | 91 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Laren-Vreden Gas PipelineLaren → Vreden | Netherlands, Germany | Operating | 42 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| MEGAL Gas PipelineWaidhaus → Medelsheim | Germany | Operating | 1,115 km | 22 bcm/y | 1 | 1980 |
| MEGAL–France Gas PipelineMedelsheim → Laneuvelotte | France, Germany | Operating | 86 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| METG PipelineBergisch Gladbach → Gernsheim | Germany | Operating | 172 km | Not reported | 1 | 1968 |
| MIDAL Gas PipelineBunde → Ludwigshafen am Rhein | Germany | Operating | 702 km | 12.8 bcm/y | 1 | 1993 |
| Marbeck-Heiden-DorstenHeiden → Dorsten | Germany | Proposed | 17 km | Not reported | 1 | 2026 |
| Mittelbrunn MEGAL–Remich Gas PipelineMittelbrunn MEGAL → Remich | Germany | Operating | 65 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Monaco Gas PipelineBurghausen → Finsing | Germany | Operating | 87 km | Not reported | 1 | 2019 |
| NEL Gas PipelineLubmin → Rehden | Germany | Operating | 440 km | 20 bcm/y | 1 | 2012 |
| NETG PipelineElten → Bergisch Gladbach | Germany | Operating | 135 km | Not reported | 1 | 1967 |
| NETRA Gas PipelineDornum → Steinitz | Germany | Operating | 408 km | 21.4 bcm/y | 1 | 1995 |
| Neckarenztal Gas PipelineWiernsheim → Lochgau | Germany | Operating | 28 km | Not reported | 1 | 2023 |
| Neu Brandenberg-Rostock Gas PipelineNeu Brandenberg → Rostock | Germany | Operating | 141 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Nord Stream 2 Gas PipelineUst Luga → Greifswald | Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany | Mothballed | 1,230 km | 55 bcm/y | 1 | 2022 |
| Nord Stream Gas PipelineVyborg → Greifswald | Russia, Germany | Mothballed | 1,222 km | 55 bcm/y | 1 | 2011 |
| Nordschwarzwaldleitung (NOS) Gas PipelineLeonberg → Au am Rhein | Germany | Operating | 70 km | Not reported | 1 | 2016 |
| Nord–West Anbindungsleitung Gas Pipeline (NOWAL)Rehden → Drohne | Germany | Operating | 26 km | Not reported | 1 | 2020 |
| Norpipe Gas PipelineEkofisk field → Teesside | Norway, Germany | Operating | 431 km | 16 bcm/y | 1 | 1977 |
| OPAL Gas PipelineLubmin → Olbernhau | Germany | Operating | 470 km | 35 bcm/y | 1 | 2011 |
| Obermichelbach-Wolfsburg Gas PipelineObermichelbach → Wolfsburg | Germany | Operating | 233 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Ommen-Legden Gas PipelineOmmen → Legden | Netherlands, Germany | Operating | 52 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Persian Gas Pipeline | Iran, Türkiye, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, France, Spain | Cancelled | 3,300 km | 40 bcm/y | 1 | — |
| Puth Schinnen-Paffrath Gas PipelineWeisweiler → St Hubert | Germany | Operating | 62 km | Not reported | 1 | 1965 |
| Ravenstein-Echt Gas PipelineRavenstein → Echt | Netherlands, Germany | Operating | 97 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Rehden-Diepholz Gas PipelineRehden → Diepholz | Germany | Proposed | 9 km | Not reported | 1 | 2032 |
| Rehden-Hamburg Gas PipelineRehden → Heidenau | Germany | Operating | 132 km | 4.2 bcm/y | 1 | 1994 |
| Rimpar-Hüttendorf Gas PipelineRimpar → Hüttendorf | Germany | Proposed | 90 km | Not reported | 1 | 2031 |
| Rixfeld–Scheidt Gas PipelineRixfeld → Scheidt | Germany | Operating | 107 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Rostock-Schwerin Gas PipelineRostock → Schwerin | Germany | Operating | 78 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Rostock-Steinitz Gas PipelineRostock → Steinitz | Germany | Operating | 161 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| STEGAL Gas PipelineOlbernhau → Reckrod compressor station, Eiterfeld | Germany | Operating | 314 km | 8 bcm/y | 1 | 1992 |
| Scheemda-Emden Gas PipelineScheemda → Emden | Netherlands, Germany | Operating | 28 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Scheemda–Bunde Gas PipelineScheemda → Bunde | Netherlands, Germany | Operating | 16 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Scheinfeld-Lindau Gas PipelineScheinfeld → Lindau | Germany | Operating | 280 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Schwerin-Magdeburg Gas PipelineSchwerin → Magdeburg | Germany | Operating | 179 km | Not reported | 1 | 1993 |
| South German Gas PipelineLampertheim → Heidelberg | Germany | Proposed | 24 km | Not reported | 1 | 2028 |
| South German Gas PipelineHeidelberg → Heilbronn | Germany | Under construction | 60 km | Not reported | 1 | 2027 |
| South German Gas PipelineHeilbronn → Löchgau | Germany | Operating | 24 km | Not reported | 1 | 2024 |
| South German Gas PipelineLöchgau → Esslingen | Germany | Under construction | 43 km | Not reported | 1 | 2026 |
| South German Gas PipelineLöchgau → Esslingen | Germany | Proposed | 100 km | Not reported | 1 | 2032 |
| Spessart-Odenwald Gas Pipeline (SPO)Wirtheim → Lampertheim | Germany | Proposed | 117 km | Not reported | 1 | 2027 |
| Spijk–Emden Gas PipelineSpijk → Emden | Germany | Operating | 26 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Steinitz-Bernau Gas PipelineSteinitz → Bernau bei Berlin | Germany | Operating | 164 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Steinitz-Brandov Gas PipelineSteinitz → Brandov | Germany | Operating | 340 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Steinitz-Lauchhammer Gas PipelineSteinitz → Lauchhammer | Germany | Operating | 271 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Stolberg–Eynatten Gas PipelineEynatten → Stolberg | Germany | Operating | 11 km | Not reported | 1 | 1993 |
| Tauern Gas PipelineHaiming → Tarvisio | Germany, Austria, Italy | Cancelled | 290 km | 11.4 bcm/y | 1 | — |
| Trans Europa Naturgas PipelineBocholtz interconnection → Wallbach interconnection | Germany, Switzerland | Operating | 505 km | 9.25 bcm/y | 1 | 1974 |
| Trans Europa Naturgas PipelineSchwarzach → Tannenkirch | Germany | Operating | 29 km | Not reported | 1 | 2025 |
| Trans Europa Naturgas PipelineHügelheim → Hüsingen | Germany | Operating | 31 km | Not reported | 1 | 2025 |
| Trans Europa Naturgas PipelineBocholtz interconnection → Wallbach interconnection | Germany, Switzerland | Operating | 436 km | 9.25 bcm/y | 1 | 1974 |
| Ulm–Lindau Gas PipelineUlm → Lindau | Germany | Operating | 121 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Vreden-Dusseldorf Gas PipelineVreden → Dusseldorf | Germany | Operating | 65 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| WEDAL Gas PipelineBad Salzuflen → Raeren | Germany, Belgium | Operating | 236 km | 10 bcm/y | 1 | 1998 |
| Wardenburg-Werne Gas PipelineWardenburg → Werne | Germany | Operating | 290 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Werne-Gernsheim Gas PipelineWerne → Gernsheim | Germany | Operating | 277 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Werne-Schlüchtern-Rimpar Gas PipelineWerne → Rimpar | Germany | Operating | 277 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Wilhelmshaven LNG Terminal Pipeline | Germany | Operating | 28 km | 10 bcm/y | 1 | 2023 |
| Yamal-Europe Gas PipelineTorzhok → Frankfurt an der Oder | Russia, Belarus, Germany, Poland | Idle | 1,660 km | 33 bcm/y | 1 | 1999 |
| Zeelink Gas PipelineLegden → Stolberg | Germany | Operating | 227 km | 9.64 bcm/y | 1 | 2021 |
| Zweekhorst–Paffrath Gas PipelineZweekhorst → Emmerich | Netherlands, Germany | Operating | 20 km | Not reported | 1 | — |
Companies headquartered in Germany
Chokepoint exposure
Chokepoint exposure is shown on each terminal page, taken from a hand-maintained trade-lane table. It is an editorial routing model of typical laden voyages, not vessel tracking. The exposure feed aggregates it by chokepoint.