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The Netherlands’ transmission system operator Gasunie is still a bit difficult to pronounce for non-Dutch speakers. But for those that knew the state-run company a decade ago, it might be virtually unrecognizable. One individual responsible for the change is the TSO’s CEO and Chairman of...
The Nord Stream pipeline consortium said Friday it is considering further expanding the natural gas pipeline that ships Russian gas to western Europe via the Baltic Sea. The consortium said its shareholders have asked the company to conduct "a feasibility study" intended to assist in evaluating possible...
Gas flow has resumed on the Nord Stream pipeline following a planned two week shutdown. The shutdown was necessitated by work on the second pipeline on the project, during which pipe-laying was completed. The pipe-laying brings Nord Stream closer to the completion of the second pipeline of the twin...
Gazprom continues to extend the Gryazovets–Vyborg gas pipeline. Construction of the looping system (total length – nearly 700 kilometers) is in full swing. To date, 626 kilometers (more than 90 per cent) have been welded up, 515 kilometers (around 75 per cent) of those have been...
CEO of Gazprom Alexei Miller has said that the importance and role of Ukraine's gas transport system has been significantly lessened with the introduction of the Nord Stream pipeline. Speaking to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin today, the CEO said the Ukrainian GTS was no longer essential for...
The second phase of the Nord Stream pipeline project has hit an important milestones ahead of schedule today, its operator said, with the completion of pipelaying activity on the second line. The laying completes the last stage of the 1,224-kilometre offshore pipeline, which is due to be opened for...
Nord Stream reports that it is entering an intensive period during which its engineers and partners will take key steps towards completing the integrated twin pipeline system capable of transporting up to 55 billion cubic metres (bcm) of Russian gas a year to Europe through the Baltic Sea, for at least...
In his introduction to a session dedicated to “The Great Pipeline Debate” at the European Gas Conference in Vienna, Austria, Chairman Simon Blakey said he’d start with a representative of Nord Stream, since it was not just in the planning stages, but was up and running. Towards that...
The second phase of the Nord Stream project is currently facing teething issues in Germany, with linking pipeline the NEL pipeline delayed and a challenge to Nord Stream's route issued by the German Ministry of Defence. RBC Daily today reports that head of the North European Pipeline (NEL) gas link...
ITS THE GAS, STUPID In Lubmin, Germany on November 8, 2011, Chancellor Angela Merkel and outgoing president Dmitry Medvedev met in the village of Lubmin on Germany's Baltic coast to inaugurate the 7.4 billion euro natural gas pipeline that links Germany directly with Siberia's vast gas reserves. The...