Friday 11th December 2020
Despite threats from the USA
Work on Nord Stream 2 is starting again
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is intended to transport Russian natural gas to Germany. But because of US sanctions, work in the Baltic Sea is suspended for a year. Now the construction is in the final phase.
Construction of the German-Russian Baltic Sea gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 has resumed. A laying ship will now lay a 2.6-kilometer-long line section in a water depth of less than 30 meters, said a company spokesman.
The US government wants to prevent the completion of the mostly completed gas pipeline and threatens to impose sanctions on companies involved in the project. Almost a year ago, construction work on Nord Stream 2 off the Danish island of Bornholm was halted after the US passed a sanctions law against the special ships laying the pipes. The two Swiss laying vessels were then withdrawn.
Pipeline is 94 percent complete
The Russian President Vladimir Putin then announced that he would complete the work independently – independently of foreign partners. According to the sanctions, persons concerned can be banned from entering the USA. Any data subject or company property in the United States can be frozen.
In the future, 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas will be pumped from Russia to Germany every year through the two 1200-kilometer pipelines of Nord Stream 2. The pipeline, which costs around 9.5 billion euros, is 94 percent ready.
The US has been rioting against this for years because it sees its European partners as being too dependent on Russian gas. They are supported by Eastern European countries such as Poland and the Baltic countries. Critics accuse the US, on the other hand, of only wanting to sell their liquid gas better in Europe.
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