Nord Stream 2 online by end of the year

Russian gas company, Gazprom, says it will deliver a commercially important volume of gas to Europe via the Nord Stream 2 pipeline by the end of this year.

The company says the project will be completed in time to transport 5.5 billion cubic metres of natural gas to Germany, with more to follow. Unconfirmed reports indicate the controversial pipeline will be online as early as the end of August.

“We cannot confirm the speculations launched by some media outlets regarding the dates, as well as misinterpretation concerning the completion of pipelaying and construction of the whole pipeline.

“The pipeline is already more than 99 percent completed, and we will reveal the pipelaying completion in due time,” the company said in a statement.