據俄羅斯衛星通訊社莫斯科報道，俄羅斯北溪-2管道公司首席執行官馬提亞斯·瓦爾尼格7月11日在接受《德國商報》記者采訪時表示，北溪-2管道項目的運營商預計這個項目將在8月底前完成。

　　瓦爾格尼說：“目前，這個項目的管道鋪設作業已經完成了98%。 我們希望北溪-2管道項目的管道鋪設作業能在8月底完成。”

　　由于美國和幾個歐洲國家多次表示強烈反對這個項目，這條將把天然氣從俄羅斯輸送到德國的北溪-2管道的建設一直充滿困難。

　　德國——北溪-2管道項目在歐洲的主要經濟捐助國和歐洲大陸的主要工業強國——拒絕了美國的壓力，并一再強調，德國認為北溪-2項目嚴格意義上是一個經濟項目，與華盛頓和莫斯科之間的更廣泛關系無關。

　　北溪-2管道項目是俄羅斯天然氣工業股份公司和5家西歐能源公司的合資企業，計劃沿波羅的海海底建設一條長1230公里的雙天然氣管道，以補充現有的北溪-1管道天然氣輸送網絡。 一旦在今年晚些時候建成，這個新的管道網絡將能夠每年從俄羅斯向歐洲輸送多達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

　　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.