Nord Stream 2 AG has received an operations permit for the Nord Stream 2 pipelines on the Danish continental shelf. Commissioning can only take place when at least one of the 27.5 billion cu m/year (bcmy) parallel pipelines has been tested, verified, and when relevant conditions in the construction permit and operations permit have been met.
The permit was granted pursuant to Section 2 of Executive Order No. 1520, issued Dec. 15, 2017, on Certain Pipeline Installations in Danish Territorial Waters and on the Danish Continental Shelf and in accordance with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, according to which Denmark is obliged to allow the construction and operation of transit pipelines.
The pipeline project on the Danish continental shelf is part of a larger pipeline project, consisting of two pipelines with a total length of 1,230 km for the transport of gas from Russia to Germany. The natural gas pipelines begins in Russia, passes through Finnish, Swedish, Danish, and German marine areas, and makes landfall on the German coast.
Authorities in Russia, Finland, Sweden, Germany, and Denmark have all granted permits for the project. Nord Stream 2 applied for the Danish permit Nov. 18, 2019. The original Nord Stream pipeline has been delivering as much as 55 bcmy of gas along a similar route since October 2012.