ONTRAS offers transport customers a transmission network with over 7,000 kilometres of gas pipelines and about 450 network interconnection points. Integrated metering- and control systems as well as compressor stations provide a high operating flexibility. High safety standards as well as competent, IQM- and TSM-certified service providers guarantee the maximum technical availability of the management system.
A modern pipeline management system as well as a network of cooperating service providers ensure the efficient repair and maintenance of the ONTRAS transmission network.
Length of transmission system: | approx. 7,000 km |
Number of physical Network connection points: | approx. 450 |
Number of trans-border network points: | 4 |
Number of Entries: | 15 (incl. aggregate production facility) |
Number of Exits/Exit zones: | 78 |
Number of Biogas feed-in plants at the ONTRAS Network: | 22 |
Number of hydrogen feed-in plants at the ONTRAS Network: | 2 |
Here you will find all network interconnection points and zones for the ONTRAS network. The bookable network interconnection points with further information can be found in our Transparency-Tool.
Specifications as per §27 para. (2) GasNEV (German Gas Network Fees Ordinance) for the calendar year 2018:
- Length of the gas pipeline network: 6,935 km
(260 km of which in co-ownership, thus ONTRAS Gastransport GmbH has only a proportionate right of use)
- Length of the gas pipeline network according to pipeline diameter classes
(high-pressure level):
Class A: 233 km (233 km in co-ownership)
Class B: 1,714 km
Class C: 3,147 km (19 km of which in co-ownership)
Class D: 832 km (8 km of which in co-ownership)
Class E: 677 km
Class F: 219 km
Class G: 113 km
- Annual energy output extracted by redistributors and end consumers: 163 billion kWh
- Number of exit points in the high-pressure network: 445
- Year's peak load for all extractions at one time: 42,295 MW on 2018/02/28, 8 a. m.
Pipeline Information
As the building owner or the general contractor you must ensure that the property is clear for construction. This requires the submission of a “third-party planning enquiry” to the utility company. Please direct your enquiries to BIL Leitungsauskunft, the platform of various network operators from the chemical, high-pressure gas and mineral oil sectors, ONTRAS being on of them.
BIL Leitungsauskunft