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Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, has defended his country’s Nord Stream gas pipeline, amid accusations it could damage the Baltic Sea.
Finland is expected to give approval for the project imminently, allowing construction to start later this year for completion by 2012.
Stephen Cole asked Sebastien Saas, Nord Stream’s EU representive, what impact the project could have on the Baltic Sea.
(11 Feb, 2012)
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One concern that has been voiced several times was the impact of the construction work on the seabed in especially in the Gulf of Finland the seabed is sensitive and there was a worry that the construction would impact it in an inappropriate way we have decided to use
A very advanced construction ship in the Gulf in and for that reason that uses no anchors and therefore it will have hardly any impact on the seabed about the part from placing the pipe on the seabed this is one example of advanced technological solutions which we have
Taken up as a result of the consultations with environmental groups and the feedback from those groups has been very positive on these kind of solutions and the pipeline avoids certain countries doesn’t it it’s not about avoiding certain countries it’s about providing the additional amount of gas that Europe needs the consumption of
Gas is increasing at the same time when in the Union our domestic sources are depleting and the current existing infrastructure through countries like Ukraine Poland is does not offer the capacity to deliver the additional amounts North stream is therefore an additional pipeline that is not about diverting existing flows but providing
The additional capacity we need for the extra volume that we consume some countries are worried about the political overtones the extra economic energy muscle this gives Russia on equal footing where Russia is dependent on delivering energy supplies to Europe Europe is also dependent on energy to provide from Russia so it’s a mutual
Thing and we believe that this provides a stability the mutual interest is being forwarded in common company and it provides energy security to the European Union but it’s not in Europe’s interest to be so reliant on Russian gas the Baltic States a hundred percent of their gas comes from Russia in Europe Germany
Your partner 43 percent of its gas comes from Russia so that’s a big political price potentially well the overall part of Russian gas in European Union gas energy consumption is around 8 percent and this significantly change through our pipeline at the same time you know the European Union takes about 40 percent of
The the Russian gas production and therefore the dependence is truly mutual and it’s in the common interest to create common commercial commercial project like North stream