Gazprom plans to start sending gas to Germany via Nord Stream 2 on Jan.1, 2020

Gazprom plans to start sending gas to Germany via Nord Stream 2 on Jan.1, 2020, Alexey Miller, managing director of the Russian state company Gazprom head Alexei Miller said Thursday at the St. Petersburg International Gas Forum. He said: “Today, construction is underway on Nord Stream 2…We can start gas supplies via Nord Stream 2 from Jan. 1, 2020.” Over the last year, he said, Nord Stream 1 ran at 107% rated capacity, sending 59 billion cubic meters to Europe, instead of the design capacity of 55 bcm. With Russia’s southern TurkStream nearing completion across the Black Sea, he predicted that Russian pipeline gas will be cheaper than seaborne LNG for years to come.