Vessel Welds Last Pipe to Complete Nord Stream 2 Gas Line
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline construction is almost complete, as the final pipe of the Nord Stream 2 has been welded.
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The undersea pipeline will transport Russian gas to Germany
The Nord Stream 2 operating company announced the welding of the final pipe.
The company added that it expects to begin operating the undersea pipeline, which will transport Russian gas to Germany, by the end of the year.
The Spokeswoman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, was quoted saying that Russia views "such hostile actions by the Biden administration as dictated by a lack of political will and an unwillingness to build U.S.-Russian relations on a partnership basis.”
It is noteworthy that the project includes the construction of a gas pipeline with a capacity of 55 billion cubic meters annually from the Russian coast across the Baltic Sea to Germany.
Nord Stream 2 AG is implementing this project with the sole shareholder, Russia's Gazprom.
The United States is opposed to the project, and imposed sanctions on the participants last December, demanding that the joint-stock companies stop laying the pipeline.
