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It was the first pipeline that bypassed Ukraine and Poland to deliver Russian natural gas directly to West Europe. Nord Stream 1 (NS1) runs from Vyborg, in northwestern Russia near Finland, and entered service in 2011. [1] It was operated by Nord Stream AG. From 31 August 2022, Gazprom halted delivery indefinitely, officially because of ...
As the first direct connection to Western Europe, the Nord Stream pipeline would reduce Russia's dependence on the transit countries. [120] According to Gazprom, this direct connection to Germany would decrease risks in the gas transit zones, including the political risk of cutting off Russian gas exports to Western Europe. [130]
First deliveries of over 15 bcm per year were originally expected to start by the end of 2011, [2] but actual pipeline filling with natural gas started on 15 June 2012. [ 10 ] The shortest pipeline routes from Yamal to the northern EU countries are the Yamal–Europe pipeline through Poland and Nord Stream 1 to Germany. [ 3 ]
The Northern Lights pipeline system has a total length of 7,377 kilometres (4,584 mi), of which around 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) is used to transport Russian gas to Europe. The pipeline runs from the Urengoy gas field through Vuktyl, Ukhta, Gryazovets, Torzhok and Smolensk to Minsk in Belarus and from there to Poland, Ukraine and Lithuania ...
Gas can still travel from Russia to Europe via the Turkstream pipeline, but no longer through Ukraine, cutting gas imports to the EU by around 14 billion cubic metres. ... And for the first time ...
Preparations of the pipeline project started in 1997. [1] In 1997, Gazprom and BOTAŞ signed a 25-year gas sale contract. [2] One of the political goals of the Blue Stream project was to block the path of rival countries aiming to use the territory of Turkey to bring gas from the Caspian area to Europe.
The annual U.S. defense policy bill unveiled by lawmakers late on Thursday contains sanctions that backers say will halt one of Russia's biggest projects in Europe: the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
Japan has doubts about the viability of the proposed 800-mile pipeline – intended to link fields in Alaska's north to a port in the south, where gas would be liquefied and shipped to Asian ...