Zeebrugge Hub

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The Zeebrugge Hub (ZTP) is the natural gas Zeebrugge Trading Point in Zeebrugge, Belgium. [1] It is connected to the National Balancing Point (UK) via the Interconnector.

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References

  1. "Zeebrugge Hub on The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies of The University of Oxford, June 2012, Page 18" (PDF).

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