NordStream2, a cooperative project between Russian gas giant Gazprom and five European companies, is mainly responsible for transporting 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas every year.
The "Beixi -2" with a total length of 1224 km is a submarine gas pipeline from Vyborg, Russia, across the Baltic Sea to Greifswald, Germany. "Beixi -2" is completely parallel to the "Beixi-1" pipeline that has been built and put into use before. According to the design plan, after the two gas pipelines are put into use, a total of 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas will be transported to Europe every year.
20 13, the planning of "Beixi -2" began. However, the Ukrainian crisis that broke out the following year strongly opposed the construction of "Beixi -2" in transit countries such as Ukraine and Poland, which have land gas pipelines and transport Russian natural gas to Europe, on the grounds that "Russia will use this project as a geopolitical weapon".
20 18, "Beixi -2" began to be laid. At that time, US President Trump signed a bill on 20 19 and 12 to impose sanctions on enterprises participating in the "Beixi -2" project. The Merkel government criticized the United States for interfering in Germany's internal affairs and refused to accept such "extraterritorial sanctions." After Biden took office, the US government did not change its position against the construction of the "Beixi -2" project.