Project Outline Stages I-II. Studying the Technical and Environmental Constraints of the Northern and Southern Routes The Nord Stream 2 project The project developer, envisages a modern and Nord Stream 2 AG, comprises effective gas pipeline passing 200 top-class specialists from through the Baltic Sea. 20 countries. standards. international and law Russian with It is a major international infrastructure project The developer works with more than 200 accordance in and analysis, impact detailed surveys, that will expand Russia’s access to the industry-leading companies from 20 countries environmental comprehensive on based chosen important European gas market and enhance that have extensive experience operating in Seleznyovo Nord Stream Pipeline The optimal route for the new gas pipeline is being being is pipeline gas new the for route optimal The supply security. Gas is an important source of environmentally sensitive areas. Planned Nord Stream 2 Pipeline – route options export revenue for the Russian budget. Vyborg PAO Gazprom pipeline Nord Stream 2 builds on the Nord Stream 2 will be Planned PAO Gazprom pipeline success of the Nord Stream implemented in line with both Vysotsk Shipping routes project, which has already been national and international law. Roads & railways in operation for 5 years. It will also be based on the social and Finland EEZ Boundary The results of annual monitoring show that environmental performance standards of the Lake Ladoga the environmental impact caused by the International Finance Corporation, which, in CS «Portovaya» Leningrad nuclear power plant construction and operation of Nord Stream many aspects, are more stringent than national and potential exclusion zone (20 km) was minor, local and short term only and, requirements. in some cases, considerably lower than Vyborgskiy zal. Russia PAO Gazprom Industrial clusters environmental impact assessments. pipeline Compressor station (CS) Settlements and Industrial facilities Primorsk Protected natural areas Important Bird Area (IBA) Russia in Route the Selecting There have been three stages of research 2 Stream Nord work for the Nord Stream 2 project, which Yakovlevo Kuyvozi Anchorage zones began in 2012: Berezovye Roshchino Restricted Area (Russian Navy) ostrova Zelenogorsk Serovo Ferro-Manganese deposits Stage I Stage II Stage III Nord Stream Pipeline Molodyozhnoye Komarovo Repino Area of compound constraints Smolyachkovo Ushkovo Evaluation of the Choosing a Landfall Evaluating Landfall Toksovo Corridor to the North on the Southern Coast Options in the of St. Petersburg of the Gulf of Finland Kingisepp District Sestroretsk Pesochny Pargolovo Gulf of Finland Hogland Seskar Isl. Kotlin Isl. Vsevolozhsk Moshchny Isl. Tchiornaïa Lisy Nos Shepelevo Lakhta Lebyazhye Studying the northern and Kronshtadt Kandikyulya Fort-Krasnaya Bolshaya Nord Stream 2 in Numbers Gorka Izhora Neva Bay Kolganpya Cape Route Verkhnie southern corridors Russia has some Surye Langerevo Venki The pipeline will be Sosnovy approximately Bor Volkhov Lomonosov Sashino St. Petersburg Kirovsk 47,800 bcm Kolganpya 1,200 km of natural gas reserves – Peterhof the largest natural gas Stage I. Evaluation of the Stage II. Choosing a Landfall on Bolshoy Cape Strelna long, and will run from reserves in the world. Corridor to the North of the Southern Coast of the Gulf Tyuters Novopolye the Russian coast through Naziya St. Petersburg of Finland CS «Izhorskaya» Gorbunki the Baltic Sea, Malyi reaching landfall A desk study was carried out to evaluate the The entire Gulf of Finland shoreline to the Novoye Petrovskoye Pontonnyy Tyuters Kurgolovo Ustye Mustovo in Germany. 1,153 mm The pipelines corridor to the north of St. Petersburg along south and west of St. Petersburg to the border will have a constant Kaipaala Lipovo Zrekino Gorelovo Kolpino the route of the Nord Stream’s supply pipeline. with Estonia has been studied in detail, taking Otradnoye Mga internal diameter of Bolshoye The study concluded that it would not be into account many technical, environmental Narva Bay Route Ropsha 1,153 millimetres Tiskolovo «Ust-Luga» Raykovo Each pipe (48 inches) and a technically feasible to lay new infrastructure and social constraints. Krasnoye Selo industrial cluster joint will be 12 metres long wall thickness of up alongside the existing pipelines. Konnovo Pushkin to 41 millimetres. Only two landfall options were deemed Narva Bay and weigh 24 tonnes with 41 mm > Urban development along the banks of the appropriate, both within the Kingisepp district, Gakkovo Ust-Luga concrete coating. Neva is very dense and there is not enough because of heavy urbanisation and industrial Kiryamo space for the new pipeline and the backup development of the rest of the shoreline. Generating electricity and support infrastructure. > The area to the south of St. Petersburg Ulyanovka from natural gas produces up to > It would not be possible to adhere to features both military and industrial CS «Slavyanskaya» Gatchina 600–700 Russian legislative requirements on the infrastructure, including: LNG tankers per year would 50 per cent minimum safe distance away from inhabited • the Baltic Fleet exclusion zone; Tosno be required to transport the Pig Trap Area equivalent amount of gas as localities. • St. Petersburg flood defences; Russia Nord Stream 2. less CO2 than from coal. > Building a second compressor station • the Leningrad nuclear power plant, with alongside the existing Portovaya its associated nuclear fuel storage and facilities would double the burden on the reprocessing facilities; «Fosforit» Nord Stream 2 will require around • Ferro-Manganese deposits. environment in this area. industrial cluster Volosovo 200,000 coated steel pipes laid on > The abundance of cultural and historical Planned PAO About the seabed. > The supply gas pipeline for Nord Stream 2 Ivangorod will be built in accordance with Gazprom’s sites are major restrictions on construction Narva Gazprom pipeline Siversky Vyritsa Lyuban plans to bring more gas to the Kingisepp in the St. Petersburg suburbs of Lomonosov Kingisepp 120 bcm district under agreement between Gazprom and Peterhof. of additional imports Nord Stream 2 will have capacity and the Leningrad region authorities. Offshore there is also heavy shipping traffic need to be secured for the EU in the to transport 55 bcm of natural gas next two decades, owing to dropping per year, enough to supply some and anchorage areas in and around the ports The Russian government approved the territorial production and lower output from of St. Petersburg and Ust-Luga. planning scheme that envisages the expansion other exporters to Europe. 26 million of the Russian Unified Gas Supply System in Due to dense urban development Two route options have been identified Plans to deliver gas to the European households. order to supply the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. along the banks of the Neva to the south of St. Petersburg: through Kingisepp district is another According to the scheme, the supply pipeline will there is not enough space Kolganpya Cape and Narva Bay. Both important reason for favoring pass through the Kingisepp district. to lay the new pipeline Slantsy options are in the Kingisepp 30 the route to the south of Contact us bcm Chudovo Two route options have been identified to the south of to the north of St. Petersburg. district of the Leningrad region. St. Petersburg. Kilometres Nord Stream 2 AG 0 4 10 20 30 Head Office: St. Petersburg Office: St. Petersburg: through the Kolganpya Cape and the Narva Bay. Baarerstrasse 52, 6300 Zug, Switzerland Ul. Reshetnikova, 14a, 196105 @NordStream2 Moscow Office: Tel.: +7 812 331 16 71, +7 921 305 94 16 Ul. Znamenka, 7, bld.3, 119019 E-mail: [email protected] www.nord-stream2.com Stage III. Evaluating Landfall Narva Bay Route: Crossing the Stage III. Evaluating Landfall Options in the Kingisepp District Options in the Kingisepp District Kurgalsky Nature Reserve Reliable infrastructure, including gas transportation, would create Caring for the environment is a priority for Nord Stream 2 AG. We will the conditions for new industrial enterprises, new investment and employ state-of-the-art environmental technologies and invest in the could contribute to the sustainable development of the Kingisepp region’s sustainable development. Our aim is not just to minimise impact Kilometres 0 2 5 10 15 district. but to have a positive effect on biodiversity and local communities. The Kolganpya Cape Route passes close to The onshore segment of the Narva Bay route the future Eastern Gulf of Finland (Ingermanlandsky) Kolganpya Cape route Narva Bay route Russian section length: passes through a maximum of 3.7 kilometres of nature reserve > The route is 39 km longer than the Narva > 39 km shorter than the Kolganpya Cape option, which means construction work will route, meaning work will take less time. the southern section of the Kurgalsky reserve. Kolganpya Cape route 157 km affect a larger area and take longer. > Significantly less dredging (1/4) will be > A significant amount of dredging will be required compared to the Kolganpya Cape Narva Bay required, approximately four times as much as route because there is less shallow water and route 118 km for the Narva Bay route. It is necessary due to no boulders. Eastern Gulf of Finland shallow water with numerous rocky outcrops > Smoother seabed so less seabed intervention (Ingermanlandsky) nature reserve and boulders, shipping lane crossing, restricted works. Example of degraded forest habitats military exercise areas and ancorage areas. > Far from shipping channels, ports and > Due to the greater volume of work and length industrial and other facilities, less impact to > Most of the route through the reserve (2.3 out of time required to perform it, the impact on ship traffic during construction and reduced of 3.7 km) covers modified habitats: young biodiversity will be greater than for the Narva risk during operation. plantations on burned or otherwise degraded Bay route. > Far from the habitats of grey and ringed forest areas and fallow lands. > Crossing shipping lanes will require restrictions seals.