German regulator prolongs pipe-laying permit for Nord Stream 2

BERLIN, Jan 15 (PRIME) -- The German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency has prolonged a permit for Nord Stream 2 AG to lay pipelines of the Nord Stream-2 natural gas project, the regulator said in a statement on Friday.

“The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency has issued a permit for Nord Stream 2 to conduct pipe-laying works to finish the Nord Stream-2 pipeline in the exclusive economic zone of Germany on a site of approximately 16.5 and 13.9 kilometers in the time period between the end of September and the end of May,” 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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