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Nord Stream (German–English mixed expression for "North Stream"; Russian: Северный поток, Severny potok) is a network of offshore natural gas pipelines which run under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany to provide Western Europe with natural gas. It comprises two separate projects, Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2.
The Nord Stream offshore pipeline is operated by Nord Stream AG. [21] [33] It runs from the Vyborg compressor station at Portovaya Bay along the bottom of the Baltic Sea to Greifswald, Germany. The length of the subsea pipeline is 1,222 km (759 mi), of which 1.5 km (0.93 mi) are on Russian inland, 121.8 km (65.8 nmi) in Russian territorial ...
The German part of the pipeline consists of 85 km (53 mi) of offshore pipeline and 29 km (18 mi) onshore pipeline connecting the landfall with the Nord Stream 2 receiving terminal. [51] Nord Stream 2 has two parallel lines, each with a capacity of 27.5 billion m 3 (970 billion cu ft) of natural gas per year.
The 1,230-km (765-mile) Nord Stream 2 pipeline, now under construction, has come under fire from the United States and several eastern European, Nordic and Baltic countries, which say the conduit ...
Damage to the Nord Stream gas pipeline from Russia to Europe was caused by powerful explosions, Danish police said on Tuesday, echoing earlier findings into leaks that erupted in the network under ...
Both Nord Stream 1 and 2 were however pressurized with gas. [36] The Nord Stream 2 pipeline contained the equivalent of an estimated 150 million cubic metres (5.3 billion cubic feet) to 300 million cubic metres (11 billion cubic feet) of gas, pressurized to over 100 bar, at the time of the explosions. [37] [38] [39]
Before the natural gas resumed flowing at 40% capacity Thursday, European officials had feared Moscow would simply decide to keep the spigot closed as payback for Europe’s opposition to Russia ...
Nord Stream 2 is a 1,234-kilometre-long (767 mi) natural gas pipeline that runs from Russia to Germany through the exclusive economic zones of Finland, [1] Sweden, [2] and Denmark. [3] It is mainly financed by the Russian company Gazprom, and multiple European energy companies. The initial plan was for the pipeline to run through Danish ...