The Management Committee took notice of the information on the progress in implementing the construction schedule for the Gryazovets – Vyborg pipeline to be used for gas delivery to the Nord Stream pipeline, inter alia.

The meeting noted that the Gryazovets – Vyborg gas pipeline construction operations were performed according to the approved schedule.

The Management Committee tasked the respective structural units of Gazprom to continue the project execution and ensure the Gryazovets – Vyborg gas pipeline facilities commissioning within the established deadlines.

Background:

The Nord Stream gas pipeline is a fundamentally new route of Russian gas export to Europe. Nord Stream will stretch some 1,200 kilometers across the Baltic Sea from the Portovaya Bay (Vyborg) to the German coast (Greifswald).

The new Gryazovets – Vyborg pipeline running through the Vologda and Leningrad Oblasts will connect Nord Stream to the Unified Gas Supply System of Russia.

The linear part of the pipeline will be 917 kilometers long. The pipeline will comprise seven compressor stations: Gryazovetskaya, Sheksninskaya, Babayevskaya, Pikalevskaya, Volkhovskaya, Yelizavetinskaya and Portovaya.

The Portovaya compressor station will be located on the Russian coast of the Baltic Sea in the Portovaya Bay and become a unique element of the gas transmission system with the capacity of 366 MW unprecedented in Russia. State-of-the-art equipment and technologies will be used during construction.

So far, 597 out of 917 kilometers have been commissioned. Construction of the remaining 320 kilometers of the linear part will be accomplished in December 2010.