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The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline may supply 5.6 billion cubic meters of gas this year, according to the message of “Gazprom”.

“The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline can supply 5.6 billion cubic meters of gas this year,” the gas holding said in a statement.

On deliveries via Nord Stream

At the same time, gas supplies via Nord Stream for seven months of 2021 amounted to 33.7 billion cubic meters against 32.9 billion cubic meters a year earlier.

“According to the management accounting data of Gazprom Export, Russian natural gas supplies to Europe via the Nord Stream gas pipeline amounted to 33.7 billion cubic meters (for 7 months of 2020 – 32.9 billion cubic meters, 2019 – 31 billion cubic meters). This year, 22.7 billion cubic meters were supplied to Germany via the gas pipeline (for seven months of 2020 – 15.9 billion cubic meters, in 2019 – 20.3 billion cubic meters)”, – said Gazprom.

The occupancy of underground gas storage facilities (UGS) in Germany as of August 1, 2021 was only 50.7%, according to a statement from Gazprom.

Last year, this figure was 88.6%, and in 2019 – 85.9%, the gas holding said in its message.

The Nord Stream 2 project involves the construction of two lines of a gas pipeline with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year from the coast of Russia through the Baltic Sea to Germany. Work was suspended in December 2019 after Swiss Allseas abandoned pipe-laying due to possible US sanctions. But since December 2020, the construction of the gas pipeline has been resumed after a year’s pause.