Nord Stream gives in to Finnish demand
The Russian-German Nord Stream consortium has informed Finnish authorities that it will examine an alternative southern route for the 1200 km Baltic Sea pipeline project.
Finland has received a promise by the administration of Nord Stream that it will examine the possibility of a more southerly route through the Gulf of Finland, Yle reports. The alternative route will run south, and not north, of the Russian island of Hogland, or Suursaari in Finnish, in the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland. Finland has long demanded that the pipeline runs south of the island. Nord Stream pipeline will stretch through the Baltic Sea, from Vyborg, Russia to Greifswald, Germany. The pipeline is a joint project of three major companies: Gazprom, Wintershall AG/ BASF SE and E.ON Ruhrgas AG / E.ON AG. The Nord Stream pipeline will be fuelled partly by gas from the Shtokman field in the Barents Sea.
