PRESS RELEASE
NET4GAS has completed the Reverse Flow project
 The Czech Republic’s energy security has been enhanced
 The Czech Republic’s capacity is sufficient to allow natural gas transmission
from west to east
 In the European natural gas transmission business, NET4GAS is a strategic
partner
Prague, 30 June 2011 – NET4GAS has completed its three years lasting gas reverse flow project which is a
fundamental contribution not only to the energy security of the Czech Republic but also to that of the Central
European countries. “In case natural gas supplies coming from the usual, eastern direction are held,
the Reverse Flow project will allow changing the direction speedily to send gas from west to east,
thus providing sufficient capacity for countries like Slovakia or Austria,“ said NET4GAS Executive Jan
Nehoda in this context.
Besides, the overall transmission infrastructure benefits heavily from the NET4GAS west-east reverse flow
project. In the direction from northwest to east, i.e. from the German-Czech to the Czech-Slovak border,
(serving mainly Slovakia, Austria and Hungary), the transmission system’s daily capacity is 15 million m3
higher, so is the capacity in the south-west direction (supplies for Southern Germany – Bavaria).
Technical implementation of the reverse flow itself necessitated a number of important technical measures. It
was necessary to adjust accordingly the existing technology of the Hora svaté Kateřiny and Lanžhot border
distribution stations as well as that of compressor stations and ‘distribution nodes’. Today, these measures
allow transmitting natural gas from the Czech Republic also in the reverse flow while meeting all the
parameters applicable to the volume and quality commercial metering, and securing sufficient transmission
capacity for the Central and East European countries at the same time.
A number of capex projects that NET4GAS, the transmission system operator, runs in parallel, rank the
Czech Republic among the key countries playing an important role in securing the European Union’s energy
NET4GAS, s.r.o.
Na Hřebenech II 1718/8
140 21 Prague 4 – Nusle
Czech Republic
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Email: milan.repka@net4gas.cz
Web: www.net4gas.cz
security. This contribution to diversification of energy sources is also why the European Union supported not
only the Reverse Flow project but also the STORK project - a high-pressure pipeline connecting the Czech
Republic to Poland - as well as the new connection of the Tvrdonice underground gas storage facility to the
transmission system under the European Energy Programme for Recovery (EEPR).
Milan Řepka
NET4GAS, s.r.o. spokesperson
The Hora Sv. Kateřiny border distribution station located at the German border is one of the points where
reverse flow in the west-east direction was boosted within the Reverse Flow project.
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NET4GAS is a reliable, high-performing and safe transmission system operator and provides for
available and sufficient capacities for both domestic and foreign partners. NET4GAS guarantees a
non-discriminatory access to the transmission system for all natural gas traders.
NET4GAS, s.r.o., transports natural gas in the Czech Republic through a system of 3,642 kilometres
of pipelines. Natural gas is the most environmentally friendly of all non-renewable sources of energy.
Unlike solid and liquid fuels, it does not burden the environment with any dangerous pollutants.
NET4GAS, s.r.o.
Na Hřebenech II 1718/8
140 21 Prague 4 – Nusle
Czech Republic
Mob.: +420 739 537 461
Email: milan.repka@net4gas.cz
Web: www.net4gas.cz