'Nord Stream-2' has laid more than 50% of the gas pipeline volume
Nord Stream 2 AG, in the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline construction project, has laid 1,200 km of pipeline, which accounts for more than half of the total length.
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"According to the permits received in four countries, the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline continues in Russia, Finland, Sweden and Germany. More than 1,200 km of two gas pipeline routes have been laid - more than half of the total length of the project," the company said in a statement.
The Nord Stream 2 project envisages the construction of two gas pipelines with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year from the Russian coast through the Baltic Sea to Germany. The project is scheduled to be completed in 2019.
