Work on Russian South Stream deep-sea pipeline stretch to start in November

ST. PETERSBURG, May 23 /ITAR-TASS/. Russia will start laying a deep-sea section of the South Stream gas pipeline intended to diversify its natural gas supply routes to Europe in November, Oleg Aksyutin, head of South Stream Transport, the project operator, said on Friday. The laying of pipes in shallow waters will start a little earlier and envisages a pipe line-up in the sea, he said. Russian energy giant Gazprom is implementing the South Stream gas pipeline project to cut Russia’s dependence on transit countries, such as Ukraine. The South Stream gas pipeline is expected to transport up to 63 billion cubic meters of natural gas to central and southern Europe along the Black Sea seabed. The pipeline’s commercial deliveries of natural gas to Europe are expected to start in the first quarter of 2016. Learn more on itar-tass.com