OPAL Gastransport GmbH & Co. KG: Presse releases

30/08/2022 | Together with its partners NEL Gastransport and OPAL Gastransport, GASCADE will provide what is expected to be the first LNG link to the German gas network.
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10/08/2022 | More than 250,000 MWh needed to operate pipelines and stations
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15/07/2021 | Decision in Case C-848/19 P regarding the appeal brought by the Federal Republic of Germany against the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union on 10 September 2019
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15/10/2020 | Effective 1 January 2021, OPAL Gastransport GmbH & Co. KG will market entry capacities at the cross-border interconnection point Greifswald OPAL via RBP.
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10/08/2020 | OPAL Gastransport GmbH & Co. KG requires natural gas for operating its gas transportation system (OPAL including Radeland compressor station and Greifswald gas transfer station), which will be supplied at stations Radeland and Greifswald.
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13/12/2019 | Eduard Schmitke, a member of the Management since December 2015, is resigning effective 31 December 2019 in order to assume a different position in the industry.
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25/10/2019 | OPAL Gastransport is enhancing user-friendliness and implementing new transparency requirements
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13/09/2019 | According to the decree of the German regulatory authority Bundesnetzagentur dated 13 September 2019 OPAL Gastransport GmbH & Co. KG is no longer allowed to market the partly regulated decoupled entry and exit connection capacities in the amount of 15.86 mln. kWh/h.
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12/09/2019 | We have taken note of the decision of the General Court of the European Union, which is not yet final. OPAL Gastransport GmbH & Co. KG is not involved and cannot take part either in the procedure at the General Court of the European Union. The rules of court procedures between Member States of the European Union apply to this procedure – the Member state Poland claimed against the European Commission.
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26/11/2018 | On Tuesday, 27 November 2018, necessary work will be carried out on the power supply at the Greifswald landing station.
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12/10/2018 | OPAL Gastransport is issuing an invitation to tender for around 1.05 million MWh of natural gas to operate its gas transport system.
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08/12/2017 | Dual leadership again at OPAL Gastransport: Effective 1 December, Andreas Wendler was appointed to the Management Board. The 39-year-old will work together with Eduard Schmitke; both are responsible for the network operator’s commercial operations.
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30/10/2017 | Network operator OPAL Gastransport is inviting tenders for the purchase and supply of fuel gas to operate its infrastructure. OPAL expects that it will need around 1.4 million kWh of natural gas for one supply year.
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31/07/2017 | After the suspension of the settlement agreement was revoked last week, OPAL Gastransport will now start marketing the mostly unused OPAL capacities with immediate effect.
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28/07/2017 | Marketing of the long unused OPAL capacities can begin shortly: After the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court also rejected the urgent applications to suspend the settlement agreement, OPAL Gastransport is preparing the auctions.
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28/11/2016 | Solutions reached after a long fight over the complete use of the OPAL connection pipeline in the Baltic Sea: With the signing of a settlement agreement the way has been cleared for the full use of transit capacities that have been only partially available in the past.
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31/10/2016 | The European Commission adopted modified exception conditions for use of the OPAL gas pipeline on Friday. They will be examined as soon as they are available to OPAL Gastransport.
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14/10/2016 | Network operator is inviting tenders for the purchase and supply of fuel gas in order to operate its infrastructure. OPAL expects that it will need around two billion kWh of natural gas in one supply year.
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13/05/2016 | A settlement agreement that was negotiated in 2013 but did not take effect has been renegotiated with virtually the same terms.
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01/04/2016 | A change at the helm of OPAL Gastransport & Co KG: Effective April 1, Eduard Schmitke will direct the company’s operations by himself.
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30/11/2015 | Additional managing director for OPAL Gastransport: Eduard Schmitke will join the management team at the Kassel-based network operator on 1 December.
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Two billion kWh of natural gas needed for own operating activities

Kassel. Network operator OPAL Gastransport GmbH & Co. KG is inviting tenders for the purchase and supply of fuel gas in order to operate its infrastructure. OPAL expects that it will need around two billion kWh of natural gas in one supply year. The period for the sale and delivery of the gas will begin on October 1, 2015 and run until January 1, 2017. The quotation and bidding phase will commence on June 26 and end on July 24, 2015.

Invitation to tender for fuel gas