The EU plans delay permitting Nord Stream 2 to force Russia to negotiate a gas transit deal this year with Ukraine, a senior EU official tells an energy conference in Brussels. Delays by Denmark and new EU pipeline rules will not allow Gazprom to meet its Dec. 31 target to commission the 1,225 km Russia-Germany gas line.
The EU plans delay permitting Nord Stream 2 to force Russia to negotiate a gas transit deal this year with Ukraine,
