Russian gas pipeline moves into Swedish waters
The Nord Stream pipeline
The Nord Stream company confirms that it will move the route of the projected underwater Baltic pipeline from disputed Polish waters into the Swedish economic zone. The new route, which will go north, and not south, of the Bornholm island will be eight kilometres longer than the previous route.
The Russian-German Nord Stream has also decided to move the pipeline away from Danish waters.
According to Kommersant, the powerful Nord Stream company has struck a compromise with Swedish authorities regarding the new pipeline route. Sweden has long expressed its scepticism with the project, and has demanded that planned compressor stations will not be placed in Swedish waters.
The reason for the changed pipeline route is the strong opposition from Polish authorities, which would prefer that the pipeline runs over Polish land territory, thus securing a level of control over the gas. The 1200-kilometre-long Nord Stream pipeline will stretch through the Baltic Sea, directly from Vyborg, Russia to Greifswald, Germany.
The decision to move out of Danish waters is an unsettled Danish-Polish controversy over the offshore borders between the two countries, Kommersant reports.
The pipeline is to be finished in year 2010. Few years later, the project is to be connected with the Shtokman field in the Barents Sea.
According to Kommersant, the powerful Nord Stream company has struck a compromise with Swedish authorities regarding the new pipeline route. Sweden has long expressed its scepticism with the project, and has demanded that planned compressor stations will not be placed in Swedish waters.
The reason for the changed pipeline route is the strong opposition from Polish authorities, which would prefer that the pipeline runs over Polish land territory, thus securing a level of control over the gas. The 1200-kilometre-long Nord Stream pipeline will stretch through the Baltic Sea, directly from Vyborg, Russia to Greifswald, Germany.
The decision to move out of Danish waters is an unsettled Danish-Polish controversy over the offshore borders between the two countries, Kommersant reports.
The pipeline is to be finished in year 2010. Few years later, the project is to be connected with the Shtokman field in the Barents Sea.
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