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  • Germany: European Leaders Officially Open Nord Stream Pipeline

    8 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    The Nord Stream Pipeline became operational today and was hailed by political and business leaders as making a significant contribution to Europe’s long-term energy security. German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the Prime Ministers of France François Fillon and the Netherlands Mark Rutte, and EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger today formally inaugurated […]

  • Nord Stream 2 Releases Finnish EEZ Monitoring Report

    21 June 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Nord Stream 2 AG has released a report on the impacts of Nord Stream 2 pipeline construction activities in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone during 2018. According to the monitoring report, the impacts were minor, limited and short-term. Nord Stream 2’s Finnish monitoring is part of the long-term monitoring programme developed for the project. National […]

  • Nord Stream 2 Advances with Pipelay Ops in Russian Waters

    6 May 2019
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Allseas pipelay vessel Solitaire recently started laying the first line of the Nord Stream 2 twin gas pipeline in Russian waters. Solitaire will spend about a month constructing one of the two approximately 100-kilometres-long sections in the Russian territorial sea. Solitaire is a 300-metres-long and 41-metres-wide dynamically positioned vessel that will lay pipes around the […]

  • Gazprom, BASF agree to cooperate within Nord Stream II

    3 August 2015

    Russian gas giant Gazprom and BASF of Germany signed on Friday a memorandum of intent stipulating the cooperation within the project for constructing the Nord Stream II gas pipeline. The document reflects the parties’ intents to implement a project for constructing two strings of the gas pipeline that would connect the Russian and the German […]

  • Nord Stream Completes Final Weld at its Russian Landfall

    21 August 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      The so-called “Golden Weld” – the final weld connecting its offshore and onshore parts – was completed on the first of Nord Stream’s twin pipelines today. The “Golden Weld” thus links the Russian landfall in Portovaya Bay with the pipeline across the Baltic Sea. In the coming days, Line 1 will be ready to […]

  • Finland: Nord Stream AG Invests in Protection of Baltic Sea

    12 March 2012
    Business & Finance

    The protection of the Baltic Sea will be further expanded: this spring, Nord Stream AG intends to establish an international nature conservation foundation for the Baltic Sea. This is a further outcome of the agreement reached in 2010 between Nord Stream AG and the environmental associations WWF and BUND. “We are very much aware of […]

  • Underwater Works on Nord Stream Pipeline in Baltic Sea Completed

    21 June 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

      All three sections of the first of Nord Stream’s twin 1,224 kilometre natural gas pipelines have now been joined together underwater by hyperbaric tie-ins. The completed pipeline through the Baltic Sea will now be prepared for connection to the landfalls in Russia and Germany later in the summer. The connection by hyperbaric tie-in of […]

  • Sweden: Nord Stream Environmental Impact Smaller than Anticipated

    7 July 2011
    Business & Finance, Project & Tenders

    The latest results from Nord Stream’s environmental monitoring programme in the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone, EEZ show that the company has complied with and even exceeded the conditions in the permit granted by the Swedish government. Calculations and models in Nord Stream’s Environmental Study have proven accurate, and it is now estimated that the environmental […]

  • Technip awarded contract for the Nord Stream project in the Baltic Sea

    18 March 2010

    Technip has been awarded by Nord Stream AG a frame contract, worth approximately €35 million, for the Nord Stream project in the Baltic Sea. Technip’s operating center in Stavanger, Norway will execute this contract. The contract covers four tie-ins on the two parallel pipelines that will run through the Baltic Sea, from Vyborg in Russia […]

  • Russia: Gazprom Starts Pumping Gas into Nord Stream

    6 September 2011

    OAO Gazprom will today start pumping gas into a $10 billion subsea natural-gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, bypassing Ukraine, where dis… (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, September 6, 2011;    

  • Nord Stream 2 Secures All Construction Permits in Germany

    27 March 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Nord Stream 2 AG has received German permit from BSH for the construction and operation of the remaining 30 kilometers of the pipeline system. The Stralsund Mining Authority had previously approved the construction and operation in German territorial waters of approximately 55 kilometer-long section of the pipeline. Jens Lange, permitting manager Germany at Nord Stream 2 AG, said: “We are […]

  • Nord Stream Inks Phase I Repricing Arrangements with Banks

    27 October 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development

    Nord Stream can confirm it has agreed repricing arrangements with its relationship banks for the 3.9 billion euro Phase I project finance facilities. Nord Stream undertook this exercise in order to bring Phase I pricing into line with the pricing it achieved for the 2.5 billion euros raised for the Phase II facilities which were […]

  • Underwater Noise Levels Measured at Nord Stream Construction Site

    18 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    A study has been conducted in cooperation between Nord Stream, the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) and the Swedish Nature Protection Agency, in order to establish the underwater noise levels in the sea close to the Natura 2000 area at Norra Midsjöbanken, to the south of Gotland. Noise emanating from regular commercial maritime traffic as […]

  • Russia: Nord Stream Receives Strong Support from Banks

    27 October 2011
    Business & Finance

    Nord Stream today confirmed it has agreed repricing arrangements with its relationship banks for the 3.9 billion euro Phase I project finance facilities. Nord Stream undertook this exercise in order to bring Phase I pricing into line with the pricing it achieved for the 2.5 billion euros raised for the Phase II facilities which were […]

  • Nord Stream 2 to Secure Russian Gas Supplies to Europe

    2 November 2015
    Business & Finance

    The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Sigmar Gabriel, German Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister of Economics and Energy. The parties addressed the issues of Russian natural gas exports to Germany and other European countries as well as the prospects for the European gas infrastructure development, Gazprom wrote. The participants […]

  • Pioneering Spirit vessel to join Nord Stream 2 construction works

    12 December 2018
    Project & Tenders

    Allseas-owned pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit is on its way to join the construction fleet of the Nord Stream 2 project. 

  • Drone footage shows Nord Stream pipeline incident ‘undoubtedly sabotage’

    28 November 2022
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Equipment, Infrastructure, IT & Software, Regulation & Policy, Safety

    A video of the blast-damaged Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has indicated that this was undoubtedly an act of sabotage, says a military analyst.

  • Nord Stream 2 Updates Russian Pipeline Section EIA

    7 March 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    Nord Stream 2 has released an updated draft environmental impact assessment (EIA) report following finalization of detail design, as well as optimization of engineering solutions and construction methods for the Russian section of the pipeline. Nord Stream 2 is developing a new natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea to supply Russian gas to the key EU market. Technical solutions […]

  • Last Pipe of Nord Stream 2 Leaves Port of Karlshamn

    5 August 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    The last Nord Stream 2 pipe stored within the premises of the port of Karlshamn, Sweden, has left the storage area on Saturday. Nearly 39,000 pipes have transited through the port since October 7, 2017. Out of these, almost 37,000 pipes have been shipped to the pipelay vessels working on the Swedish section of the […]

  • Baltic Sea Nord Stream Lines 1 and 2 on Track

    21 February 2011
    Research & Development

      The Nord Stream Pipeline construction is fully on track. Over 1,000 kilometres of Line 1 and 70 kilometres of Line 2 have already been laid in the Baltic Sea. The project has all the necessary permits, and all pipes and construction capacities have been procured. “Gas deliveries will start in Line 1 before the […]

  • Russia keeps Nord Stream 1 shut, no hints of reopening

    5 September 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Regulation & Policy

    Russia’s state-owned gas company Gazprom has not reopened the Nord Stream 1 pipeline as planned due to “technical problems” and has not revealed when this major gas flow to Europe will start again. Gas deliveries via Nord Stream 1 from Russia to Germany closed on 31 August due to maintenance and the pipeline was scheduled […]

  • Reach Subsea, MMT stay on Nord Stream survey duty

    18 February 2021
    Infrastructure, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

    Norwegian contractor Reach Subsea and its Swedish partner MMT have landed a three-year deal, with two one-year options from Nord Stream AG. This award follows on from the original contract for inspection of both lines of the Nord Stream Pipeline running through the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany awarded in 2017. The yearly inspections […]

  • Nord Stream Wins Inaugural ‘Pipeline Project of the Year’ Prize

    28 February 2012
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance

    Nord Stream AG won the inaugural “Pipeline Project of the Year” award at the 2012 European Gas Conference. The award, which was presented by The Energy Exchange in conjunction with Natural Gas Europe, recognises Nord Stream’s achievement in starting to make its contribution to energy security in the European Union on time and within budget. […]

  • Nord Stream 2 on Track for Completion in 2019, Gazprom Says

    12 December 2017
    Operations & Maintenance

    Gazprom has informed that the Nord Stream 2 project is moving forward, with the expected completion and start of operation before the end of 2019. According to the company’s latest update, the permits for the project are currently being drawn up. National environmental impact assessment reports were submitted to the German, Danish, Finnish and Swedish authorities, with construction […]

  • Nord Stream 2 Pipelaying Moves Forward with 1,000km Done

    11 April 2019
    Operations & Maintenance

    The installation of Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is moving forward with a total of 1,000 kilometers now laid in Finnish, Swedish and German waters.  Two Allseas pipelay vessels, Solitaire and Pioneering Spirit, are currently installing the pipeline in the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone. Some twenty vessels are currently being engaged in the project in […]