The extension of the project "Northern stream" will reduce energy security in Eastern Europe, said Thursday the Vice-President of the European Commission on energosoiuz maro? ?ef?ovi?.

in the case of expansion of the project " Northern stream ", " energy security in Eastern Europe undoubtedly will decrease ", - quotes Agency Bloomberg of a word of Sefcovic. According to the Vice President of the European Commission on energosoiuz, the EU must strive to find a comprehensive solution for energy security for all European countries, and not for parts of them.

the mutual agreement of the shareholders of the project organization New European Pipeline AG, which will deal with the construction of the gas pipeline " Nord stream-2 ", was signed on 4 September during the Eastern economic forum in Vladivostok. The shareholders will enter "Gazprom" (with a share of 51%), E. On (10%), Shell (10%), OMV (10%), BASF/Wintershall (10%) and Engie (9%). The project involves the construction of 2 pipelines with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year from the coast of the Russian Federation through the Baltic sea to the German coast.

"at the moment we have quite a lot of questions and We expect answers" regarding the extension of the pipeline, said ?ef?ovi?." We need to know whether it is the intention to close the Ukrainian transit, as well as what this Project could mean for Ukraine and Central Europe, " said ?ef?ovi?." The preservation of the Ukrainian transit is of paramount importance for the EU, " He said pointing.

in addition, the Vice-President of the EC energosoiuz expressed the desire to learn, why it is expected the implementation of such a large infrastructure when the current infrastructure is presumably being used at 50% capacity.

The gas pipeline "Nord stream" runs along the bottom of the Baltic sea from Russian Vyborg to German Greifswald. It consists of 2 threads with a length of 1224 kilometers long with a capacity of 27, 5 billion cubic meters of gas per year each, and is the longest underwater route of gas export in the world. The first phase of the pipeline was launched on 8 November 2011, the second in October 2012.

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