# STEGAL

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{{Infobox pipeline
| name        = STEGAL
| type        = [natural gas](/source/natural_gas)
| photo       = 
| caption     = 
| map         = 
| map_caption = Location of STEGAL
| country     = [Germany](/source/Germany)
| state       = [Saxony](/source/Saxony)<br>[Thuringia](/source/Thuringia)
| province    = 
| coordinates = 
| lat         = 
| long        = 
| direction   = east–west
| start       = [Olbernhau](/source/Olbernhau) (connected to Transgas pipeline)
| through     = [Rückersdorf](/source/R%C3%BCckersdorf%2C_Thuringia) (connected to [JAGAL](/source/JAGAL) pipeline)<br>[Erfurt](/source/Erfurt)
| finish      = Reckrod (connected to [MIDAL](/source/MIDAL) pipeline)
| par         = 
| owner       = 
| partners    = 
| operator    =  Gascade Gastransport GmbH
| technical_service_provider= 
| contractors = 
| construction= 1991
| expected    = 
| est         = 1992
| decom       = 
| length_km   = 314
| discharge   =
| discharge_bbl_d= 
| diameter_mm = 800
| compressor_stations_no= 3
| compressor_stations= [Olbernhau](/source/Olbernhau)<br>[Rückersdorf](/source/R%C3%BCckersdorf%2C_Thuringia)<br>Eischleben
}}

'''STEGAL''' (''Sachsen-Thüringen-Erdgas-Anbindungsleitung'') is a [natural gas](/source/natural_gas) [pipeline](/source/Pipeline_transport) in [Saxony](/source/Saxony) and [Thuringia](/source/Thuringia), [Germany](/source/Germany). It connects the [Czech](/source/Czech_Republic) Transgas pipeline at [Olbernhau](/source/Olbernhau) and the [JAGAL](/source/JAGAL) pipeline (exporting gas from the [Yamal–Europe pipeline](/source/Yamal%E2%80%93Europe_pipeline)) at [Rückersdorf](/source/R%C3%BCckersdorf%2C_Thuringia) with the [MIDAL](/source/MIDAL) pipeline at Reckrod. The pipeline is used for the [Russia](/source/Russia)n gas import. The length of STEGAL is {{convert|314|km}} and the diameter of pipe is {{convert|800|mm|in}}. It is operated by [Wingas GmbH & Co. KG](/source/Wingas).<ref name=germany>
{{cite book
 |url= http://iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2007/germany2007.pdf
 |title=Energy Policies of IEA Countries - Germany
 |publisher=[International Energy Agency](/source/International_Energy_Agency)
 |year=2007
 |format=PDF
 |isbn= 978-92-64-02223-2
 |pages=105; 108
}}</ref><ref name=geopolitics>
{{cite book
 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=4eYAUWFZz8gC&pg=PA156
 |title= Natural gas and geopolitics: from 1970 to 2040
 |publisher=[Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press)
 |year=2006
 |first1 = David G. | last1 =  Victor
 |first2 = Amy | last2 = Jaffe
 |first3 = Mark H. | last3 = Hayes
 |isbn= 978-0-521-86503-6
 |page=156
}}</ref>

Construction of the STEGAL pipeline started in 1991 and the pipeline was completed in 1992. In 1999, the [JAGAL](/source/JAGAL) pipeline was connected with STEGAL at [Rückersdorf](/source/R%C3%BCckersdorf%2C_Thuringia). In March 2006, the {{convert|97|km|adj=on}} long STEGAL Loop, parallel to the main pipeline, was commissioned.

Due to increasing demand, the STEGAL ring line was built and put into operation in 2005/2006. This is 97 km long and runs parallel to the STEGAL sections, increasing the capacity of the line by more than 400,000&nbsp;m<sup>3</sup> / h.

==See also==
{{Portal|Germany|Energy}}
* [NEL pipeline](/source/NEL_pipeline)
* [OPAL pipeline](/source/OPAL_pipeline)
* [Rehden–Hamburg gas pipeline](/source/Rehden%E2%80%93Hamburg_gas_pipeline)
* [WEDAL](/source/WEDAL)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.wingas.de/stegal.html?&L=1 STEGAL website] by Wingas

{{coord missing|Germany}}

Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1992
Category:Natural gas pipelines in Germany

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