Nord Stream Gas Pipeline
Summary Information
- Source: Russia
- Destination: Germany
- Ownership:
- Gazprom (51%), German companies E.ON Ruhrgas AG (15.5%) and BASF SE/Wintershall Holding Gmbh (15.5%), N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie of the Netherlands (9%), and GDF Suez SA of France (9%)
- Website: http://www.gazprom.com/
- Length: 1,200 kilometres ( miles)
- Capacity: 27.5 billion cubic meters per annum
- Status: In operation
Details
- This project involves the construction of two lines (with a capacity of 27.5 billion cubic meters/year each) under the Baltic Sea from Portovaya Bay near the city of Vyborg (in Russia) to the German coast near Greifswald, stretching more than 1200 km
- The Yuzhno Russkoye Gas Field is a major supplier to the pipeline
Contractors
- Saipem: Pipe laying
- RusGazEngineering: Design, delivery of packaged equipment, installation supervision and pre-commissioning
- Global Maritime: Marine, engineering and schedule risk reviews, marine consultancy and marine warranty services
History
- 2008 -
- 2011 - SACE gives a € 500 million loan guarantee
- 2011 - Commissioning begins with the first string of the pipeline being fed with gas
- 2012 - Nord Stream’s Second Offshore Pipeline was Completed
- 2012 - Nord Stream second string was commissioned
Other Information
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Links
- SACE: € 500 million guarantee for Nord Stream 2
- Global Maritime Pipeline References
- Preparations for feeding gas into Nord Stream completed
- Start-up of the Gas Preparation Plant to fill in the marine sections of the Northern Stream gas pipeline
- First string of Nord Stream gas pipeline being fed with gas
- Nord Stream’s Second Offshore Pipeline Now Complete
- Saipem signs the contract for the Nord Stream pipeline worth more than 1 billion Euro
- Final joint of Nord Stream’s second string welded
- Nord Stream second string commissioned, third and fourth strings next in turn
- Final Load Tests of Nord Stream started
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