The Swedish Government has requested additional information on the draft gas pipeline Nord Stream ( “Nord Stream”), reported operating company project.The company Nord Stream AG has reviewed the responses from the authorities of Sweden, and three of them, including the Swedish Coast Guard, responded positively, while other State Autorities requested additional information. The company next spring forward to a long dialogue with the public and in Sweden and in other countries in the Baltic Sea, RIA Novosti. ” Motorola “Nord Stream” (former name – the North European Gas Pipeline) is scheduled to pave the bottom of the Baltic Sea from Russia (Vyborg) and Germany (Greifswald). The message reminded that the Nord Stream AG has implemented a comprehensive environmental study at a cost of 100 million euros, to find ways to reduce and mitigate the impact on the environment. In November, Chief Financial Officer Nord Stream AG Paul Corcoran reported that construction of the pipeline will begin in April 2010. According to him, the company has already initiated the procedure for obtaining building permits from Sweden, in December, is scheduled to begin such consultations with Denmark, Finland, Germany and Russia. In the coming weeks is expected to be completed consultations with Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Corcoran said that the whole process of harmonization is expected to be completed by the end of 2009, to have time to begin construction. It is anticipated that the first stage of the pipeline of about 1.2 thousand kilometers with an annual capacity of 27.5 billion cubic meters will be run in the fourth quarter of 2011. He also said that the first tranche of financing the project through external borrowing will be decided by 1 July 2009
