BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS
DATE:
21/01/2009
Belarus proposes laying gas pipeline to bypass Ukraine
Interfax reported that Belarus has proposed laying a new pipeline to guarantee stable supplies of Russian gas to Europe and offers to seek the consent of Poland and Germany to such a project.
Source said that "Belarus believes that it would be an economically efficient project today to build a Yamal Europe-2 gas pipeline. The situation that has taken shape today shows that additional reliable facilities for the transit of Russian gas to Europe are needed as soon as possible."
It said that the proposed pipeline would carry gas from the Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia. It would be a second strand of the current Yamal Europe pipeline.
It added that "Belarus is willing to take on a commitment to seek the consent of Poland and Germany to the construction of Yamal Europe 2."
The Nord Stream and South Stream projects that Russia is considering cannot be put into reality before 2010 Yamal Europe 2 might be put into operation within a period of a year and a half to two years with much lower financial inputs.
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