Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 46

14-Nov-2011

CASPIAN

Nord Stream Gas Pipeline First Phase Inaugurated

On 8 November European leaders inaugurated the first phase of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, in the northeastern German city of Lubmin. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, French Prime Minister François Fillon, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger formally inaugurated the first of Nord Streams twin 1,224km gas...