The final joint at the second string of the Nord Stream gas pipeline was welded in the Portovaya Bay.
The final joint connected the offshore section of the pipeline’s second string to its onshore section as well as to the onshore infrastructure on the Russian coast in the Portovaya Bay near Vyborg.
The second string will be filled with process (buffer) gas in coming days, which is the necessary final stage before its commissioning.
It is projected to start gas supplies to Europe via Nord Stream’s second string in the fourth quarter of 2012.
[mappress] LNG World News Staff, August 30, 2012; Image: Gazprom