The Voice of Russia: “Nord Stream” – energy security for Europe

The gas pipeline “Nord Stream” has every right to be called Europe’s main energy project of the outgoing year.

The line delivers gas from the Russian city of Vyborg to the German city of Lubmin across of the Baltic Sea.

The pipeline consists of 2 branches, the total length of which is over 1,200 kms. It is expected that when the second branch is launched (which is planned for 2012), the pipeline, in total, will pump 55 bln cubic meters of gas every year.

“The “Nord Stream” is an important part of Europe’s energy security,” Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev said at the ceremony of opening the line’s first branch, which took place in Germany on November 8, 2011.  HERE