Official says Nord Stream 2 AG plans to resume building in 2020

MOSCOW, Nov 30 (PRIME) -- Nord Stream 2 AG, operator of Russian gas pipeline project Nord Stream 2, plans to resume construction works in 2020, an official told reporters on November 28.

"We plan to resume the pipeline laying works with the use of an anchored vessel in the exclusive economic zone of Germany this year. We will announce the name of the ship that we will use later," the official 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.

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