North East manufacturer BEL Valves has delivered six subsea valves for a project set to be pivotal to the future of decarbonisation in Europe.
The project, which will accelerate gas imports to the town of Wilhelmshaven on the North Sea coast, aims to import 8.5% of Germany’s natural gas demand.
Providing a link between offshore gas storage units and the onshore terminal, BEL Valves supplied API 6DSS 8″ CL900 subsea gate valves for the pipeline end manifold, as part of the infrastructure to import 16 to 20 billion cubic meters of gas.
Engineering, design, and fabrication company, SubseaDesign contracted BEL Valves to supply the gate valves situated to the side of a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) within the pipeline end manifolds.
Serving as the key entry point for clean energy into Europe, the terminal will be the future of decarbonisation efforts in 2025 and act as a catalyst for a circular carbon economy, aiming to create a more sustainable and low-carbon future.
Germany’s Wilhelmshaven terminal is the first liquified natural gas shipping terminal. Planning began in the mid 2010s and progressed rapidly in 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the global natural gas supply crisis.
The project was executed from the BEL Valves facility in Newcastle upon Tyne which included the design, manufacture, assembly, test and paint.
