Report: US wants to keep German firms out of N Stream 2 sanctions

MOSCOW, Feb 19 (PRIME) -- The U.S. has decided against putting German companies on the list of sanctions related to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, Bloomberg reported on Friday citing informed sources.

A report on Nord Stream 2, which mentions only a small number of organizations connected with Russia as objects for sanctions, can be sent to the Congress on Friday.

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 Uniper and Wintershall, Royal Dutch Shell, Austria’s OMV, and France’s Engie.

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