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Figure 8.1:
Fluxys Belgium network in NW Europe (Source: Fluxys)
UNITED KINGDOM
FRANCE
LUXEMBOURG
NORWEGIAN
GAS
FIELDS
GERMANY
THE NETHERLANDS
LNG SOURCES
8.1 Investments in Belgium
and Luxembourg (Northern
Area of the Region)
8.1.1 BELGIUM
8.1.1.1 Market and Network Overview
Natural gas will remain a core component of the energy mix in tomorrow’s low-carbon
economy. As a natural gas infrastructure company, Fluxys aims to build bridges
between markets so that suppliers can transport natural gas flexibly to their custom-
ers or between European gas trading places.
Fluxys Belgium is the independent operator of both the natural gas transmission grid
and storage infrastructure in Belgium. The company also operates the Zeebrugge
LNG terminal. Fluxys Belgium is active in the transmission, storage and LNG
businesses and intends to play a pioneering role in developing the gas infrastructure
required to diversify Europe’s natural gas supply sources and in developing the
solutions needed to connect and integrate European gas markets.
The Belgian natural gas grid is one of the best interconnected infrastructures in
Northwestern Europe. The 18 interconnection points on the Belgian grid are opening
the network to natural gas flows from the United Kingdom, Norway, the Netherlands,
Russia and all LNG producing countries. The Belgian grid also serves as the
crossroads for transmission flows of natural gas to the Netherlands, Germany,
Luxembourg, France, the United Kingdom and Southern Europe (Figure 8.1).