Annual Maintenance Works on Nord Stream Successfully Completed
- Routine annual 11-day maintenance works are part of long-term pipeline integrity management strategy
- Maintenance schedule agreed and co-ordinated with upstream and downstream partners
July 4, 2014 | Zug | Nord Stream AG conducted annual maintenance works on its twin gas pipeline system between June 24 and July 4, 2014. These routine maintenance works required a temporary shutdown first of both lines at once, then of each line separately.
Regular maintenance works are an essential part of Nord Stream’s long-term pipeline integrity management strategy to ensure that the pipelines will be able to continue transporting up to 55 bcm of gas per year safely and efficiently for at least 50 years. The works included annual maintenance of mechanical components, as well as testing of the automation system.
The schedule for these maintenance activities was agreed and coordinated with Nord Stream’s upstream and downstream pipeline partners well in advance. The temporary interruption of supplies was factored into the nominations of gas planned for Nord Stream to transport to downstream European partners during 2014.
