Energy: Nord Stream 2 pipeline nears completion despite legal roadblocks
(WorldNews Denmark)

The Danish Energy Agency`s (DEA) decision in early July that Russian ships could lay the final part of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in its waters effectively removed the last major obstacle for the €9.5bn project. The ships had been earmarked for the job since United States sanctions prompted Swiss-based Allseas Group to abandon pipe-laying work in December, but a construction permit issued by Denmark had to be amended first. The DEA`s agreement has, according to Anna Mikulska, a non-resident fellow in energy studies at Rice University, made it `much easier and cheaper for Russia to complete Nord Stream 2`. It`s anticipated that the decision will allow the Gazprom-led pipeline, which...