Today, at a meeting of chairman of OAO Gazprom Alexei Miller and Minister of Economy Kingdom of the Netherlands Maria van der Hoeven discussed possibilities of bilateral cooperation in the energy sector. Gazprom and state transmission company NV Nederlandse Gasunie attach special importance to bilateral relations, including within the framework of the project Nord Stream. In addition, the positive feedback received scientific and technical cooperation Gazprom with the Dutch partners , – noted in the message Gazprom . The total natural gas reserves in the Netherlands are estimated at about 1.8 trillion cubic meters. The share of natural gas in the country’s energy mix is about 48%, 44% oil-and coal-8%. Own production is about 76 billion cubic meters; imports – about 9 billion cubic meters. Total consumption of gas – about 35 billion cubic meters. The length of gas networks – 11 thousand km.V 2007 Gazprom in the Netherlands has put 5.5 billion cubic meters gaza.NV Nederlandse Gasunie – state gas infrastructure and transportation company based in the Netherlands. Owned by Gasunie is one of the largest gas distribution networks in Europe totaling over 12 thousand kilometers, the volume of deliveries which reaches about 100 billion cubic meters of gas per year, representing a significant portion of the pan-consumption gaza.Gazoprovod Nord Stream ( Nord Stream ) protyanetsya in the bottom of the Baltic Sea from Russia (Vyborg) and Germany (Greifswald). His length of 1200 km. Supervises the construction company Nord Stream AG. Truboukladochnye work on the first line of the pipeline will be completed in 2010 and first deliveries of gas through a new pipeline planned by the spring of 2011, after completion of test phase. In doing so, in the first phase of construction is scheduled to first-line capacity 27.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year. Construction of the second threads pipeline by 2012 will lead to an increase in its capacity to 55 billion cubic meters.
