Official: Nord Stream-2 to start operations in mid-2020

MOSCOW, Nov 21 (PRIME) -- Russia-led Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline is expected to start operations in mid-2020, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak told reporters on Thursday.

“In the middle of next year,” he said.

Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday that supplies via Nord Stream-2 pipeline could start before the end of 2019.

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, OMV, and France’s Engie. The length of the pipeline’s route exceeds 1,200 kilometers.

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