2021-03-17 14:30:00
NORD STREAM 2 CONTINUATION
REUTERS - MARCH 17, 2021 - A Russian pipe-laying vessel, the Akademik Cherskiy, will join in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 undersea gas pipeline in Danish waters at the end of March, the RIA news agency reported on Wednesday.
The consortium behind Nord Stream 2 has pushed ahead with construction despite growing political pressure. The United States has criticised the plan to build the pipeline from Russia to Germany, aimed at pumping more Russian gas to Europe, saying it will increase Russia’s economic and political leverage over the region.
The Akademik Cherskiy left the German port of Wismar in early March with the intention of later joining the project in Danish waters upon completion of sea trials.
“The plan is for pipe-laying to resume at the end of March and last until the end of the third quarter of 2021,” RIA cited the Danish Energy Agency as saying.
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2021, March, 5, 11:45:00
NORD STREAM 2: EXCEPT FOR SANCTIONS
Being able to use two pipelaying vessels will speed up work on completing Nord Stream 2, which before the Fortuna resumed work had around 150 km left to lay out of a total 2,460 km of the two-string pipeline.
2021, March, 1, 10:55:00
NORD STREAM 2 SANCTIONS FOR ALL
"The US has decided to put the Nord Stream 2 project in a broader geopolitical framework and is threatening all industries or parties involved in the project with sanctions," Wintershall Dea said.
2021, February, 25, 12:15:00
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There had been calls for the Biden administration to intensify sanctions designations to include a wide range of companies involved in the construction of Nord Stream 2, including service companies, insurers and certification companies.
2021, February, 24, 11:00:00
NORD STREAM 2: SUPPORTING GERMANY
Despite U.S. sanctions against the pipeline, Berlin has stood by Nord Stream 2, which it says is a commercial project.
2021, February, 24, 10:55:00
NORD STREAM 2 SANCTIONS ANEW
President Joe Biden believes the pipeline is a "bad deal" for Europe, his spokeswoman Jen Psaki has said, and many U.S. lawmakers are pushing for sanctions.
2021, February, 17, 15:50:00
NORD STREAM 2 SANCTIONS CONTINUED
Some 150 km of Nord Stream 2 remains to be laid in Danish and German waters, but the threat of US sanctions against companies involved in laying the pipeline has led to long delays in its completion.
2021, February, 8, 12:45:00
NORD STREAM 2: U.S., GERMANY NEGOTIATION
Reports this week in the German press suggested the administration of new US President Joe Biden would be open to direct negotiations with Germany over the pipeline.
