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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]
After 2014, these countries further argued that Europe should not be refilling Russia's coffers after it invaded and annexed Crimea. [139] In January 2018, United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reaffirmed the policy, stating US and Poland opposed the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, for the same reasons of European energy security and stability.
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 ...
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.
This is a sortable list of countries and their total length of pipelines, mostly based on the CIA World Factbook, [1] accessed in November 2015. * indicates "Pipelines in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.
Northern Lights (pipeline) Pepe Escobar; Pipeline; Power of Siberia; Russia in the European energy sector; Russia–European Union relations; Russia–Ukraine gas disputes; Russo-Ukrainian War; Sakhalin–Khabarovsk–Vladivostok pipeline; South Stream; Sudzha; TurkStream; Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline; Yamal project; Yamal–Europe ...
The core pipeline itself, which is commonly called the Alaska pipeline, trans-Alaska pipeline, or Alyeska pipeline, (or The pipeline as referred to by Alaskan residents), is an 800-mile (1,287 km) long, 48-inch (1.22 m) diameter pipeline that conveys oil from Prudhoe Bay, on Alaska's North Slope, south to Valdez, on the shores of Prince William ...