Gazprom Gets Nod to Build Nord Stream 2 Gasline
Finland has given its approval for the construction of Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline through Finland's economic zone, the government and Russian gas exporter Gazprom said on Thursday.
"On 5 April 2018, the Finnish Government gave its consent to the Nord Stream 2 AG's gas pipeline construction project in respect of the section that passes through Finland's exclusive economic zone," the government said in a statement on its website.
The statement said the pipeline would stretch "across Finland's exclusive economic zone" for around 374 km.
Nord Stream 2 would double the existing Nord Stream pipeline's current annual capacity of 55 billion cubic metres.
The pipeline runs from Russia across the bed of the Baltic Sea to Germany.
Reporting by Oksana Kobzeva
