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    1. Pipelines

    First Nord Stream 2 pipeline completed

    June 17, 2021
    Pipelay has finished for the first offshore string of the Nord Stream 2 gas trunkline system through the Baltic Sea.
    (Courtesy Nord Stream 2 / Axel Schmidt)
    In the Bay of Greifswald, two pipeline ends are connected on the pipelay vessel Castoro 10 in a procedure known as above-water tie-in.
    In the Bay of Greifswald, two pipeline ends are connected on the pipelay vessel Castoro 10 in a procedure known as above-water tie-in.

    Offshore staff

    ZUG, Switzerland – Pipelay has finished for the first offshore string of the Nord Stream 2 gas trunkline system through the Baltic Sea.

    Following completion of the above water tie-in, the offshore pipeline sections laid from Russia and Germany have been interconnected.

    Pre-commissioning activities are now under way to prepare for gas-in.

    Offshore pipelay works continue for the second string.

    06/17/2021

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