Today, Interconnector (UK) Limited (IUK) and Fluxys Belgium are launching aligned sales processes for shippers wishing to transport gas between the key trading hubs in North West Europe and the major downstream markets in the region. The joint initiative is an opportunity of choice for shippers to arrange their cross-border capacity portfolio into the ideal configuration for their needs for October 2018 onwards.

Together the IUK pipeline and the Fluxys Belgium network have been instrumental in the integration of the North West European gas markets; this has greatly enhanced security of supply in the region and has served as an example of how the single European gas market should work.

Building blocks for shippers to tailor their capacity portfolio to their individual needs

The aligned sales processes launched today cover firm capacities for a maximum duration of 12 years in the Interconnector pipeline and a set of interconnection points in the Belgian grid with the Interconnector, the Netherlands, Germany and France.


Through this sale shippers can flexibly build a portfolio of capacity to suit their individual needs going forwards:

  • the IUK and Fluxys Belgium sales processes are independent, therefore capacity can be bought in either or both systems and shippers can choose to buy differing quantities and durations in each system as well;
  • shippers holding matching quantities and durations on either side of the Interconnector Bacton Terminal or the Interconnector Zeebrugge Terminal have the opportunity to voluntarily bundle their capacity;
  • shippers who have some long term capacity in one or more transportation systems can use this opportunity to purchase corresponding quantities from IUK and Fluxys Belgium.
Information memorandum available

Full details on the offered products as well as the process and timeline for purchasing them are outlined in our joint Information Memorandum, published on www.interconnector.com and www.fluxys.com/belgium.

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