Operator of project of gas pipeline “North stream” company Nord Stream AG plans to get permission on building by year’s end and to begin building in the first quarter of 2010, the main engineer of company Simon Bonnel reported today. "We hope to get permission to the end of year and able to begin building in the first quarter", – he said.Representative Nord Stream Irene Vasil’eva explained that, probably, building will be begun at the end of the first quarter or in April, 2010, passes
RIA Novosti. It reminded that the total worth of project made 7,4 milliards of euros from which 70% must make credit facilities, and 30% – personal funds of shareholders of project. Vasil’eva marked that credit resources planned on the parity beginnings to give
banks and credit agencies.«50 is planned on 50 between banks and credit agencies», – said it. Presently already negotiations go with banks and agencies. First transh of credits on building it is planned to attract an euro in size of a 3,5 milliard. also
marked that if in 2004 a renewal of gas pipeline option was examined from Holland to Great Britain, then after the beginning of realization of the European project of gas pipeline PBL, foreseeing deliveries gas to England, a necessity fallen off for it.Nord Stream (former
name – Severo-evropeyskiy gas pipeline) 1220 kilometres will pass an extent on the bottom of the Baltic sea from Russia (Vyborg) to Germany (Grayfsval’d). Putting into the operation of the first thread of gas pipeline by a carrying capacity 27,5 milliard of cubic gas meters in a year set
on 2011.By the shareholders of operator of project Nord Stream AG are Russian "Gazprom" (51%), German Wintershall Holding and E.ON Ruhrgas – on 20%, and also Netherlands Gasunie – 9%. The included is presently planned in a project French GDF Suez. It is assumed that this process will be
completed by the end of summer 2009 years, and the French company will get a minoritarnyy package.
