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​​Respect the environment during your maintenance operations on your gas installations

​GRTgaz developed 3 innovations to avoid methane emissons during maintenance operations in order to respect environment and future regulations.

​​​Our innovations to prevent gas emissions

​The European Commission is planning strong regulations, notably the "Green deal for Europe" aiming to achieve a 55 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

GRTgaz is therefore committed to innovating in order to comply with these new regulations and to act for a better future.

​Blue Flaring

A new way of flaring gas during operations without emitting methane.



✓ From 0 to 100 bars
✓ Up to 8000 (n)m3/h

Application cases :

- Repair of pipes
- Customer connections

Volume ++                 
Pression +++  

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​DTR (Détox Ton Réseau) 

​A small gas booster for expansion station (compressor) that allows the gas trapped in expansion stations to be recovered downstream the network for small installations.

✓ Up to 16 bars
✓ Up to 20 (n)m3/h

Application cases :                                                    
 - Corrective interventions on the stations
 - Meter replacement Functional tests on substations
 - Work on pipes of moderate length

Volume +
Pression +  

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​Let's get in touch !  

​You want to meet and learn more about the Blue Flaring, the DTR or the QBA ? Please, fill up this form to schedule a meeting for Green Maintenance.  

Or per BLG-GRT-DAI-ACCELERATEUR@grtgaz.com

​For information

GRTgaz has more than 151 shipper customers as of 2020 

​GRTgaz in brief

​GRTgaz is a European leader in natural gas transmission and a world expert in gas systems. In France, the company operates more than 32 000 km of buried pipelines to transport gas from suppliers to consumers connected to its network.

GRTgaz has a public service mission to ensure the continuity of transmission of natural gas. Along with its subsidiaries – Elengy, the European leader in LNG terminal services, and GRTgaz Deutschland, the operator of the MEGAL transmission network in Germany – GRTgaz plays a key role in the European gas infrastructure scene.

As a player in the energy transition, GRTgaz invests in innovative solutions to accommodate as much renewable gas as possible on its network, including hydrogen. The goal is to provide support for these new sectors, and thus contribute to achieving carbon neutrality. 

​32 779 km

of pipelines, including 32 618 km in France 

20 % 

this is how much we aim to reduce our carbon emissions by 2024 (compared to 2020) 

​3 777 employees

(GRTgaz, GRTgaz Deutschland and Elengy), including 3 300 for GRTgaz