Prospects for Russian gas pipeline to Europe

Persistent tension between Moscow and Kiev is driving Russia’s search for new routes to send its natural gas to Europe that bypass Ukraine

Existing gas pipelines Capacity bcm* / year

Proposed pipelines

North Sea

GERMANY

ITALY

500km 300 miles

Mediterranean Sea

GREECE

POLAND

ROMANIA

BUL.

BELARUS

UKRAINE

Black Sea

TURKEY

Nord Stream 55 bcm

RUSSIA Moscow

Northern Lights / Yamal-Europe 84 bcm

Brotherhood 132 bcm

Soyuz 26 bcm

Blue Stream / Gas-West 32 bcm

Nord Stream 2

Capacity: 55 bcm / year

Project would enable Russia to capitalise on German efforts to move away from nuclear energy. Italy is one of pipeline’s strongest critics

South Stream

Capacity: 63 bcm / year

Abandoned by Russian energy giant Gazprom in Dec 2014 amid rising tensions between EU and Moscow. Rumoursof project’s revival have surfaced in Bulgaria

TurkStream

Capacity: 63 bcm / year

Successor to South Stream has shifted from fast-track proposal to project on ice after downing of Russian warplane by Turkey in Nov 2015

Source: Stratfor

* Billion cubic metres