Gazprom: Nord Stream 2 pipeline 57% complete

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is now 57% complete, with 1,391 kilometers of two branches built, Gazprom said.

"The construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is continuing. A total of 1,391 kilometers has been laid along the bottom of the Baltic Sea - about 57% of its total length," Interfax cited the company as saying.

The pipeline will run more than 1,200 kilometers from the Slavyanskaya compressor station in the Leningrad region's Kingisepp district to Germany's Baltic shore.