German gas pipeline grid operator ONTRAS Gastransport has awarded major contracts to two line pipe member companies of the Salzgitter group, Kallanish learns.
Mannesmann Grossrohr (MGR) will be supplying the line pipes for 70.6 km (ca 18,000 tonnes) and Mannesmann Line Pipe (MLP) for an additional 38.2 km (6,000t).
These are line pipes destined for the new FGL 702 project, an H2 pipeline running from Wefensleben to Salzgitter and extending from Angersdorf near Leipzig on to Preusslitz.
For the company’s decarbonisation programme known as SALCOS – Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking, the connection to the hydrogen core network is of tremendous significance, says Andreas Betzler, general manager of the two Salzgitter companies. “The Salzgitter Group is not only a potentially major customer requiring hydrogen – providing its steel products means it also enables hydrogen’s production and supply to customers,” he says.
MGR will be delivering line pipes in a diameter of 813mm. These line pipes will be coated with a three-layer polyethylene topcoat to minimise friction losses as the gas passes through and epoxy Flowcoat for the interior. At a length of 18 metres, the line pipes will weigh around 4.5 tonnes.
Starting February 2027, they will be delivered by truck to pipe storage sites only 37 km away from the rolling mill.
The diameter of the MLP line pipes, also 18m long, measures 610mm and will also be coated.
