China News Agency, Moscow, September 10 (Reporter Wang Xiujun) According to the official social account of Gazprom (Gazprom), the chairman of the company’s board of directors Miller announced on the 10th that the "Beixi-2" natural gas pipeline project has been completed Construction.

　　According to TASS news agency, the "Beixi-2" project completed the welding of the last pipe on September 6.

The "Beixi-2" company responsible for the design, construction and operation of the "Beixi-2" project stated that it expects to commission the natural gas pipeline before the end of the year.

　　Bloomberg quoted a source on the 10th as saying that Gazprom plans to use the "Beixi-2" branch pipeline to transport natural gas before December 1.

In addition, Gazprom earlier stated that it could export 5.6 billion cubic meters of natural gas through the "Beixi-2" natural gas pipeline this year.

　　The "Beixi-2" project is a natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany through the Baltic Sea bottom. The project pipeline consists of two branch lines.

After the project is completed, Russia can double the amount of natural gas exported to Germany without passing through Ukraine and can import Russian natural gas into other European countries.

The United States and Ukraine are worried that the "Beixi-2" natural gas pipeline will increase the EU's energy dependence on Russia, and Ukraine's political and security status in Europe will decline.

The German and Russian sides said that the "Beixi-2" natural gas pipeline is only a commercial project, which is conducive to European energy security.

　　In July of this year, the United States and Germany issued a joint statement stating that if Russia tries to use energy as a weapon or "further aggression" against Ukraine, Germany will take action and urge the implementation of effective measures including sanctions at the European level, and restrict Russia to Europe. Export energy.

In addition, Germany promised to use all means to promote the extension of the gas transit agreement between Russia and Ukraine for ten years.

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