Russia set to expand Baltic gas supplies

An EU decision granting Russian energy giant Gazprom greater access to the OPAL pipeline in Germany is vital for Moscow’s plans to boost supplies via the Baltic Sea and bypass Ukraine as a gas transit route

OPAL*: EU ruling gives Gazprom access to more than 50 percent of pipeline,allowing expansion of Nord Stream route and depriving Ukraine of transit fees

Greifswald

North Sea
Baltic Sea
Black Sea

GERMANY
CZECH REP.
AUSTRIA
POLAND
SLOVAKIA
MOLDOVA
ROMANIA
BULGARIA
TURKEY
BELARUS
UKRAINE
RUSSIA 

Moscow
Vyborg

Operational pipelines
Planned pipelines

500km 300 miles


Russian gas pipeline capacity (billion cubic metres per year)

Nord Stream 55
Northern Lights/Yamal-Europe  84
Brotherhood 132
Soyuz 26

Gas-West 16
Blue Stream 16
Nord Stream 55
TurkStream 64

*Ostsee-Pipeline-Anbindungsleitung

Sources: Stratfor, wire agencies