New corridors along the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea to European markets should be in service by 2019, Russia’s Gazprom said. Gazprom Chief Executive Officer Alexei Miller said new lines along what he said was the shortest link between northern Russia and the European market are less than five years off . “The successful track record on the Baltic Sea will help us to optimize construction costs and timeframe,” he said Friday. “Both lines of the Nord Stream-2 will be commissioned by 2019 year-end.” The first leg of the pipeline system went into service in 2011. British energy company BP a year after the pipeline went into service said it was considering […]