Russian Ministry of Energy to hope to rech agreement with the EC on OPAL in September

The Russian Ministry of Energy hopes that the final solution on the use of OPAL by Gazprom will be made in September, the Deputy Minister, Anatoly Yanovsky said.

OPAL with a capacity of 36 billion cubic meters is laid through Germany, connected with the new Trans-Baltic main pipeline Nord Stream with existing gas transportation networks. Russia and Germany wants to exclude the gas pipeline from rules of the Third Energy Package of the EC, which allows Gazprom to fill not more than a half of the pipe. A working team that includes representatives of the European Commission and Russian Ministry of Energy negotiates; its last session on July 22 didn’t reach a final decision.