Maintenance
Throughout the year preventive and corrective maintenance is executed on the BBL Company system to assure safe and reliable operation. For a limited period each year, the system is completely shut down to allow for safety checks and maintenance work. The month in which this occurs is announced a year in advance, but the exact dates are announced on the website when we get closer to the actual shutdown.
Reminder: planned maintenance 2025
1 September 2025 - BBL’s annual planned maintenance period will take place during 4 gas days starting from Monday 8 September 2025 at 06:00 CEST.
Activities will be resumed on Friday 12 September 2025 at 06:00 CEST.
During this maintenance period there are no gas flows possible.
Update planned maintenance 2025
7 May 2025 - BBL’s annual planned maintenance period will take place during 4 gas days starting from Monday 8 September 2025 at 06:00 CEST. Activities will be resumed on Friday 12 September 2025 at 06:00 CEST.
During this maintenance period there are no gas flows possible.
Reminder: planned maintenance 2025
29 November 2024 - Every year BBL Company performs planned maintenance. The 15 - day period within which the planned maintenance will take place in 2025 is the period from 1 September 2025 to 15 September 2025.
Further details about the duration and timing of the maintenance will be published at a later stage.
Reminder: planned maintenance 2024
11 September 2024 - BBL’s annual planned maintenance period will take place during 4 gas days starting from Monday 23 September 2024 at 06:00 CEST. Activities will be resumed on Friday 27 September 2024 at 06:00 CEST.
During this maintenance period there are no gas flows possible.
Preannouncement planned maintenance 2025
16 July 2024 - Every year BBL Company performs planned maintenance. BBL Company would like to take the opportunity to preannounce the 15 - day maintenance window for 2025, which will take place between 1 September 2025 and 15 September 2025.
Further details about the duration and timing of the maintenance will be published at a later stage.
Update planned maintenance 2024
26 April 2024 - BBL’s annual planned maintenance period will take place during 4 gas days starting from Monday 23 September 2024 at 06:00 CEST. Activities will be resumed on Friday 27 September 2024 at 06:00 CEST.
During this maintenance period there are no gas flows possible.
Update planned maintenance 2024
22 November 2023 - Every year, BBL Company performs planned maintenance. The 15 - day period within which the planned maintenance will take place in 2024 is the period from 16 September 2024 to 30 September 2024.
Further details about the exact duration and timing of the maintenance will be published through our newsletter and on the BBL Company website at a later stage.
Planned maintenance 2024
13 September 2023 - Every year, BBL Company performs planned maintenance. The 30 - day period within which the planned maintenance will take place in 2024 is the period from 1 September 2024 to 30 September 2024.
Further details about the exact duration and timing of the maintenance will be published through our newsletter and on the BBL Company website at a later stage.
BBL pipeline inspection program September 2023
24 August 2023 - As announced in May 2023, BBL Company’s annual planned maintenance period of the BBL facilities will take place during 6 gas days starting from Tuesday 5 September 2023 at 06:00 CEST and ending at Monday 11 September at 06.00 CEST.
Following this annual planned maintenance period, an internal pipeline cleaning and inspection program will be conducted. This inspection program is an essential activity for maintaining pipeline integrity and future gas transportation services.
This inspection program will start on Monday 11 September at 06.00 CEST and is planned to be completed by Monday 25 September at 06.00 CEST. During the inspection program, pipeline cleaning and inspection gauges are sent through the BBL pipeline whilst the pipeline is under normal physical reverse flow conditions (GB > NL).
Availability Reverse Flow (GB to NL) capacity during the inspection program
During the inspection program, the physical Reverse Flow capacity of the BBL pipeline will be technically maximized at 7.0 GWh/h for both the Day Ahead auctions as well as the upcoming monthly auction of September 2023.
Availability Forward Flow (NL to GB) capacity during the inspection program
During the inspection program, the BBL pipeline is physically unable to facilitate forward flow gas flows (NL > GB) which means that the Forward Flow capacity will be technically limited at 0 GWh/h.
BBLC will inform the market in case of any further developments either before or during the inspection program period.
Update planned maintenance 2023
12 May 2023 - BBL’s annual planned maintenance period will take place during 6 gas days starting from Tuesday 5 September 2023 at 06:00 CEST. Activities will be resumed on Monday 11 September 2023 at 06:00 CEST.
During this maintenance period there are no gas flows possible.
Update planned maintenance 2023
16 November 2022 - Every year, BBL Company performs planned maintenance. The 15-day period within which the planned maintenance will take place in 2023 is the period from 1 September 2023 to 15 September 2023.
Further details about the exact duration and timing of the maintenance will be published through our newsletter and on the BBL Company website at a later stage.
Planned maintenance 2023
21 September 2022 - Every year, BBL Company performs planned maintenance. The 30 - day period within which the planned maintenance will take place in 2023 is the period from 1 September 2023 to 30 September 2023.
Further details about the exact duration and timing of the maintenance will be published through our newsletter and on the BBL Company website at a later stage.
Update planned maintenance 2022
11 May 2022 - BBL’s annual planned maintenance period will take place during 3 gas days starting from Tuesday 13 September 2022 at 06:00 CEST.
Activities will be resumed on Friday 16 September 2022 at 06:00 CEST.
During this maintenance period there are no gas flows possible.
Update planned maintenance 2022
10 November 2021 - Every year, BBL Company performs planned maintenance. The 15-day period within which the planned maintenance will take place in 2022 is the period from 7 September 2022 to 21 September 2022.
Further details about the exact duration and timing of the maintenance will be published through our newsletter and on the BBL Company website at a later stage.
Planned maintenance 2022
28 September 2021 - Every year, BBL Company performs planned maintenance. The 30-day period within which the planned maintenance will take place in 2022 is the period from 1 September 2022 to 30 September 2022.
Further details about the exact duration and timing of the maintenance will be published through our newsletter and on the BBL Company website at a later stage.