Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline could result in gas shortage in Eastern Europe
The building of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, taking into account the restricted possibility of transporting gas from the north to the Czech Republic and Slovakia, could result in a shortage of gas in Eastern Europe, national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy Board Chairman Andriy Kobolev has said.
There could be a lack of gas in Eastern Europe, and it could be used for manipulations, he said at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Yalta European Strategy (YES) in Kyiv on September 11.
He said that these problematic issues for the region are to be discussed openly and that the EU should remember its principle of solidarity.
"We should be involved in the discussion about how Russian gas will be supplied to Europe," he said.
As reported, six companies are participating in the Nord Stream-2 consortium: Gazprom, E.ON, BASF/Wintershall, OMV, Engie and Shell. The project is comprised of the construction of two pipelines with a capacity to ship 55 billion cubic meters a year from Russia to Germany across the Baltic Sea.
