Nord Stream gas for Denmark
Danish energy major Dong Energy has signed a new contract with Gazprom about gas deliveries from the Nord Stream pipeline.
The agreement supplements an agreement from 2006, a press release from Gazprom reads. That agreement states that Dong Energy from year 2011 to year 2031 will buy one billion cubic metre from the Nord Stream.
According to the new agreement, the gas deliveries will start only in 2012 and last only to year 2030. The volumes remain the same.
“The new contract with Dong Energy again illustrates the urgent importance and relevance of this project for a diversified and more reliable European gas transport route network”, Gazprom Deputy Board Leader Aleksandr Medvedev says.
Gazprom and its Nord Stream partners intend to get the 1220 km long underwater Baltic pipeline ready for operations in 2011. However, skepticism among other Baltic countries remain significant, something which eventually could put a stop to the project.
The Shtokman field in the Barents Sea will become a major supply source for the Nord Stream pipeline.
