RUSSIA: Russia and Slovenia agree to build Slovenian section of South Stream gas pipeline

Record ID: 863245

  • Title: RUSSIA: Russia and Slovenia agree to build Slovenian section of South Stream gas pipeline
  • Date: 13th November 2012
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (NOVEMBER 12, 2012) (AGENCY POOL) RUSSIAN COAT OF ARMS ON WALL RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN WALKING INTO ROOM AND SHAKING HANDS CAMERAMEN PUTIN AND DELEGATIONS SITTING DOWN AT TABLE PUTIN TALKING VARIOUS OF JANSA TALKING CAMERAMEN MEETING IN PROGRESS
  • Embargoed: 28th November 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Russian Federation
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  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Business,International Relations,Politics,Energy
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  • Story Text: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev hosts his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa, and the two countries sign an agreement to build a section of the South Stream gas pipeline through Slovenia.


    Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa met on Tuesday (November 13) in Moscow and presided over the signing of an agreement to begin construction of a section of the South Stream gas pipeline through Slovenia.
    The pipeline, which will carry gas from Russia underneath the Black Sea to Western Europe, is expected to be operational in 2015.
    Medvedev and Jansa met at the Russian premier's country house outside of Moscow before Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller and Slovenian energy concern Plinovodi CEO Marjan Eberlinc signed the agreement.
    "The most important theme is our energy cooperation in the context of the South Stream pipeline construction. We're moving forward jointly, strongly, and today we marked an especially constructive role for Slovenia in this process. The final investment decision on the Slovenian part has been made. The main organisational parameters of the project have been defined. I'm sure the realisation of this project is in our mutual interest. It's a good symbol and a good sign for the others," Medvedev said.
    Construction should begin on the Slovenian part of the pipeline by the end of 2012.
    "The (Slovenian) stretch of the pipeline will be 266 kilometres long and 1200 millimetres in diameter. It will be serviced by two compressor stations. The pipeline will deliver 24.5 billion cubic meters of gas into Slovenia, and 22 billion cubic metres of that amount shall be transported further on to Italy. These are the pipeline's technical characteristics. The project will require over a billion euros in investment," Miller said.
    On Monday (November 12) Jansa also met with President Vladimir Putin.
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