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    RIA Novosti: Nord Stream Gas Pipeline: Facts and Figures

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Nord Stream will play an important role in ensuring secure natural gas supplies and meeting the additional gas demand in Europe.

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RIA Novosti: Nord Stream Gas Pipeline: Facts and Figures

November 8th, 2014 marks the third anniversary of the launch ceremony for the first leg of the Nord Stream – a long-distance gas pipeline directly connecting Russia with Germany.

Nord Stream's target markets include Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Denmark and other countries.

The gas pipeline is comprised of two legs 1,224 km (760 miles) long with a capacity of 27.5 billion cubic meters of gas per year each.

Two pipeline legs run across the bottom of the Baltic Sea from Portovaya Bay near the city of Vyborg, Leningrad Region, Russia, to the coast of Germany near the town of Greifswald.

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