據(jù)俄羅斯衛(wèi)星通訊社莫斯科報(bào)道，俄羅斯北溪-2管道公司首席執(zhí)行官馬提亞斯·瓦爾尼格7月11日在接受《德國(guó)商報(bào)》記者采訪時(shí)表示，北溪-2管道項(xiàng)目的運(yùn)營(yíng)商預(yù)計(jì)這個(gè)項(xiàng)目將在8月底前完成。

　　瓦爾格尼說：“目前，這個(gè)項(xiàng)目的管道鋪設(shè)作業(yè)已經(jīng)完成了98%。 我們希望北溪-2管道項(xiàng)目的管道鋪設(shè)作業(yè)能在8月底完成。”

　　由于美國(guó)和幾個(gè)歐洲國(guó)家多次表示強(qiáng)烈反對(duì)這個(gè)項(xiàng)目，這條將把天然氣從俄羅斯輸送到德國(guó)的北溪-2管道的建設(shè)一直充滿困難。

　　德國(guó)——北溪-2管道項(xiàng)目在歐洲的主要經(jīng)濟(jì)捐助國(guó)和歐洲大陸的主要工業(yè)強(qiáng)國(guó)——拒絕了美國(guó)的壓力，并一再?gòu)?qiáng)調(diào)，德國(guó)認(rèn)為北溪-2項(xiàng)目嚴(yán)格意義上是一個(gè)經(jīng)濟(jì)項(xiàng)目，與華盛頓和莫斯科之間的更廣泛關(guān)系無關(guān)。

　　北溪-2管道項(xiàng)目是俄羅斯天然氣工業(yè)股份公司和5家西歐能源公司的合資企業(yè)，計(jì)劃沿波羅的海海底建設(shè)一條長(zhǎng)1230公里的雙天然氣管道，以補(bǔ)充現(xiàn)有的北溪-1管道天然氣輸送網(wǎng)絡(luò)。 一旦在今年晚些時(shí)候建成，這個(gè)新的管道網(wǎng)絡(luò)將能夠每年從俄羅斯向歐洲輸送多達(dá)1.9萬億立方英尺(550億立方米)的天然氣，從而使北溪管道的輸氣能力翻倍。

　　李峻 編譯自 俄羅斯油氣網(wǎng)

　　原文如下：

　　Nord Stream 2 pipeline operator expects project to be cpmpleted by end of August,CEO says

　　The Nord Stream 2 pipeline operator expects to complete the project by the end of August, the company's CEO, Matthias Warnig, told the Handelsblatt newspaper.

　　"At the moment, the work is 98% done. We expect the pipe-laying work to be done by the end of August," Warnig said.

　　The construction of the pipeline, which is set to carry gas from Russia to Germany, has been fraught with difficulties as the United States and several European countries have repeatedly voiced their strong opposition to the project.

　　Germany – the project’s main European economic benefactor and the continent’s main industrial power, has rejected US pressure, and stressed repeatedly that it sees Nord Stream 2 as strictly an economic venture unrelated to broader relations with either Washington and Moscow.

　　Nord Stream 2 is a joint venture of Russia’s Gazprom and five Western European energy concerns, and envisions the construction of a 1,230 km twin gas pipeline along the bottom of the Baltic Sea to complement the existing Nord Stream 1 network. once completed later this year, the new network will be able to transport up to 1.9 trillion cubic feet (55 billion cubic metres) of gas per year from Russia to Europe, thus doubling Nord Stream’s capacity.