Foruna vessel begins laying Nord Stream-2 pipes in Danish waters

MOSCOW, Jan 25 (PRIME) -- The Fortuna vessel started work to resume laying pipes of Russia’s Nord Stream-2 natural gas pipeline in the Danish waters, the project’s operator Nord Stream 2 AG said in a statement on Monday.

“The Fortuna vessel has started work to resume building the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline in the construction corridor in Denmark’s waters… in line with the obtained permits,” the statement read.

The Nord Stream-2 project envisages construction of two lines of a natural gas pipeline with an annual capacity of up to 55 billion cubic meters, running from the Russian shore to Germany under the Baltic Sea. Russian gas giant Gazprom is implementing the project together with Germany’s E.ON and BASF, Royal Dutch Shell, Austria’s OMV, and France’s Engie.

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