BBL Company

Approximately 80 registered shippers use BBL’s capacity to transport gas between the Netherlands and Great Britain at the Bacton interconnection point.

Registered shippers who have booked capacity after 1 November 2015 may transfer their capacity via the PRISMA platform.

BBLC published tariffs for Gas Year 2024, effective 1 July 2024, covering Forward Flow and Reverse Flow capacity products via PRISMA and Implicit Allocations.

The BBL pipeline is currently in Forward Flow mode (NL > GB). BBLC will switch to Reverse Flow (GB > NL) starting on gas day 31 March 2025 at 06:00 CEST.

The Anna Paulowna facility, a key link in the Netherlands–Great Britain energy connection, opens to the public on 26 September, offering a behind-the-scenes view of the 235-kilometre North Sea gas pipeline.

BBL Company has published its tariffs for gas year 2026 and beyond.

BBLC charging methodology applies to all available non-exempt capacity sold under BBL Company´s GT&Cs. The charges for all capacity products are derived from the following components:

In the event of BBL Company having to buy back capacity (voluntary buy back) a Reverse Auction will be made available on the PRISMA platform. The maximum buy back price for such a reverse auction will be presented and updated on a day ahead basis.

BBL Company sets reserve prices for PRISMA and Implicit Allocation capacities, reflecting costs for Forward Flow and Reverse Flow bookings, with fixed pricing at booking and indexing for multi-year commitments.

BBL Company operates BBL, a 235-kilometre gas pipeline with an hourly capacity of 10,000,000 kWh/h (Forward Flow, NL to GB) between Balgzand in the Netherlands and Bacton in Great Britain and an hourly capacity of 7,699,193 kWh/h (Reverse Flow, GB to NL) between Bacton and Balgzand.

BBL Company engages with the Anna Paulowna and Bacton communities through open dialogue and sponsorship of local events.

The current physical flow direction of the BBL pipeline is: Reverse Flow (from GB to NL).

BBL Company was founded in 2004 as a partnership between Gasunie BBL B.V., Uniper Ruhrgas BBL B.V., and Fluxys BBL B.V. In 2023, Gasunie acquired 75% of Uniper Ruhrgas BBL B.V., and Fluxys acquired 25%, renaming it GUFU BBL B.V.

BBL Company offers gas transport services between the Netherlands and Great Britain.

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The company facilitates gas transport between the Netherlands and Great Britain.

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This is the privacy statement for BBL Company VOF (BBLC), with its registered office at Concourslaan 17, 9727 KC, Groningen, Netherlands, BBL Company VOF is listed in the Dutch business register under number 02085020.

On 29 September 2021 Ofgem has approved the GT&C and Charging Methodology which BBLC has consulted in Spring 2021. Please find here BBLC’s GT&C and Charging Methodology.

BBL Company (BBLC) and National Grid Gas (NGG) are proposing amendments to their Interconnection Agreement (IA) to accommodate an enhanced pressure service to be provided by NGG to BBLC.