Nord Stream 2 says puts last pipeline of 2nd thread

MOSCOW, Sep 6 (PRIME) -- Nord Stream 2 AG, operator of the Russian gas pipeline project, has welded the last pipe in the second thread of the pipeline and expects the launch to take place in 2021, the company said in a statement on Monday.

"Connection of the sections of the pipeline running from the shore of Germany with the section running from the waters of Denmark by means of above water tie-in will be the next step. The prelaunch tests will be done after that in order to launch the pipeline until the end of the year," the company said.

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. The project is strongly opposed by the U.S. and several European states.

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