On Dec. 11, project operator Nord Stream 2 AG restarted construction work on the Nord Stream Two natural gas pipeline after an almost year-long break. This development, however, does not mean that completion of the 55 billion cubic meter (bcm) gas transit line expansion is a forgone conclusion. Indeed, the just resumed work is being conducted on a particularly short (only 2.6 kilometers long) section of the two-string pipeline, located within the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ); the construction vessels are not presently operating in the most problematic (due to the United States sanctions) Danish waters, where around 130 kilometers of pipe still need to be laid down on the sea bottom.
