Russia Pushes Ahead on Europe Gas Link Before U.S. Sanctions
- Nord Stream 2 laid pipes in a section of German economic zone
- Work now turns to sections of the link offshore Denmark
A worker inspects pipework at the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline landing facility on the Baltic Sea coastline in Lubmin, Germany, on Nov. 5.
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Russia is stepping up work on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline before the U.S. tightens sanctions against the controversial project designed to feed more natural gas into Germany.
Construction of the 1,230-kilometer (764-mile) pipeline reached a milestone on Monday with the completion of pipe-laying of a section in Germany’s exclusive economic zone, the project operator said. Among the next steps is resuming work in Denmark’s part of the Baltic Sea, where the bulk of the remaining sections of the 157-kilometer link will be located.