the flow of gas was stopped on 14 July for scheduled maintenance, according to the website of the company. “Regular inspections and maintenance of mechanical components and automation systems necessary for the efficient, safe and reliable operation of the pipeline system”, – the words of managing Director of Nord Stream AG of Alexei Zaitsev. In this schedule for maintenance of pipeline was agreed with the partners.
Nord stream will pump up to 170 million cubic meters of gas per day. Transportation starts at the coast near Vibora in Russia, and from there the gas is supplied to the receiving terminal in the German Lubmin and then passed to Belgium, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Britain and other countries. The transmission system consists of two lines, with a length of 1224 km each, and their total annual capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year. All the necessary equipment for the operation of the gas pipeline is situated on the coastal sites: various sensors of pressure, temperature, quality and flow of gas, emergency shutdown systems and valves that separate the offshore section of pipeline from the ground.
