Nord Stream

4 weeks ago - It comprises two separate projects, Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2. Each of the pipelines comprises two pipes, NS1 A and B as well as NS2 A and B, making a total of 4 physical pipes. Both pipelines start in Russia and land in Lubmin, Germany. NordStream is owned by a consortium of 5 energy companies: Gazprom international projects North 1 LLC (Gazprom Group company), Wintershall Dea AG, PEG Infrastruktur AG (E.ON), N.V.

Nord Stream is a natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea. The pipeline is a key factor in securing energy security in Europe.

Often missing from that discussion is how Nord Stream 1 changed gas flows—after all, the case against Nord Stream 2 mirrors arguments made a decade ago against Nord Stream. It is thus helpful to examine how Nord Stream affected German and European gas flows. The data from the International Energy Agency show that net imports into Germany did not change from 2010 to 2018 (Nord Stream came online in late 2011), so Nord Stream altered flows, not volumes.

Nord Stream’s business model is to provide gas transportation capacity for the natural gas coming from western Russia for distribution into the European gas grid. The gas transportation system is comprised of its twin, 1,224-kilometre pipelines through the Baltic Sea.

3 weeks ago - On 2 September 2022, the company announced that natural gas supplies via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline would remain shut off indefinitely until the main gas turbine at the Portovaya compressor station near St Petersburg was fixed due to an engine oil leak. Gazprom justified this by claiming that European Union sanctions against Russia had resulted in technical problems, preventing it from providing the full volume of contracted gas through the pipeline; Siemens Energy, which maintains the turbine, rejected this and stated that there are no legal obstacles to its provision of maintenance for the pipeline.

September 29, 2022 - Nord Stream 1 transports 55 billion cubic metres of gas a year from Russia to Germany. ... Nord Stream, a twin undersea pipeline that transports natural gas from western Russia for distribution into the European gas grid, accounts for the bulk ...

As the project strengthens the ... 1 of the twin pipeline system began in April 2010, and was completed in June 2011. Transportation of gas through Line 1 began in mid November 2011....

The Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline normally provides much of Europe’s energy but it was recently throttled.

March 11, 2025 - Despite the war, Russia continues to supply gas to Europe through pipelines that run through Ukraine, although the volume of gas delivered via this route in 2023 (12 bcm) can be calculated as only one-third of the volume delivered in 2021.

The combined experience of these ... a secure energy supply for Europe. The twin pipelines, which have been operational since 2011 and 2012 respectively, have the capacity to transport a combined total of about 55 bcm of gas a year – that's enough to satisfy the energy ...

Nord Stream. "Physical flows of natural gas via the Nord Stream pipeline from January 1, 2022 to August 6, 2023 (in million kilowatt-hours per day)." Chart. August 7, 2023. Statista. Accessed January 03, 2025.

Developed by Nord Stream AG, a consortium of five major energy companies, these pipelines were intended to transport significant volumes of natural gas to Europe, enhancing energy security and bypassing transit countries like Ukraine.

The twin pipelines together can transport a combined total of 110 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas a year to Europe for at least 50 years.

Nord Stream was built using 1,220-millimeter pipes. The pipeline’s outlet pressure at the Russia-based Portovaya CS was 220 bar (220 kilograms per square centimeter), while the outlet pressure at the landfall point in Germany was 106 bar.

year to the EU, helping the EU to improve its energy security by diversifying its · gas supply routes. Before Nord Stream’s first pipeline came on stream, 80 per · cent of Russia‘s gas exports to Europe had to be delivered through the Ukrainian · pipeline system dating back to the 1970s. In any industry, it is generally

December 4, 2024 - Russian and German officials have claimed that the pipeline leads to economic savings due to the elimination of transit fees (as transit countries would be bypassed), and a higher operating pressure of the offshore pipeline which leads to lower operating costs (by eliminating the necessity for expensive midway compressor stations).[137] According to Ukrtransgaz, the Ukrainian gas transportation system operator, Ukraine alone will lose natural gas transit revenues up to $720 million per year.[138] Gazprom has stated that it will divert 20 billion cubic meters of natural gas transported through Ukraine to Nord Stream.[139]

October 20, 2024 - The project, developed by a consortium that included Gazprom, Wintershall, and Shell, aimed to deliver natural gas directly from Russia to the European market. The first line of the pipeline was completed in 2011, enabling the transport of ...

July 10, 2022 - FRANKFURT, July 11 (Reuters) - Maintenance this month at the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to transport Siberian gas into Europe under the Baltic Sea is far from routine given the backdrop of war in Ukraine, western sanctions and Russian's actions ...