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Pipe-laying the underwater pipelines restarted in Germany earlier in Decmeber and is scheduled to take place until around 31 December 2020, German Waterways and Shipping Authority Stralsund stated in a notice to mariners on 11 December. Once finished, the 55 billion cubic meter (bcm)/year project will have the capacity to transport 27.5% of Russia’s yearly piped gas supplies to Europe, based on volumes sent in 2018 and 2019. Russian producer Gazprom said in its investors day presentation in February that it plans to keep its supplies to Europe at about 200bcm/year until 2030. Nord Stream 2’s capacity is sufficient to satisfy almost 11% of the EU’s annual gas needs based on 2019 demand, according to data collated by ICIS.
The Nord Stream 2 project is composed of two parallel pipelines running between Russia and Germany. Its construction in the Danish Exclusive Economic Zone had stopped in late December 2010 due to US sanctions. These sanctions forced the Swiss-owned pipelaying vessels initially contracted for the offshore link to withdraw from the project.
Construction will resume with a smaller Russian pipelayer, Fortuna. This vessel averages 1.5km/day , according to Russian newspaper Kommersant. The vessel’s owner MRTS did not respond to ICIS to confirm this. If the average pipelay speed is correct and weather conditions optimal, Fortuna could potentially finish the last 160km stretch in Denmark in 107 days or around 3.5 months.
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