Nord Stream 2 AG Requests Permit From Denmark for Third Option of Nord Stream-2 Route

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 15th April, 2019) Nord Stream 2 AG, the project company for the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, requested another permit from Denmark - this time for construction of the pipeline along the third route, which runs in the exclusive economic zone of the country south of Bornholm Island, the company said in a statement.

At the end of March, Denmark itself offered Nord Stream 2 AG to consider this option of the gas pipeline route, in addition to two others, for the construction of which the company had already applied.

"Today, more than two years after the filing of the first application for a construction permit in the waters of Denmark, Nord Stream 2 AG is filing an application for the third option for the gas pipeline route. The third application, including an environmental impact assessment, concerns the route in the Danish exclusive economic zone waters south of Bornholm," the company said.