Commissioning work to fill the first string of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany with gas is to begin on June 11, the developer of the project said June 10. In a statement, Nord Stream 2 AG said the offshore section of the first 27.5 Bcm/year string of Nord Stream 2 was now "technically completed." It follows the announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 4 that the first string of the pipeline had been laid. "On June 4, the pipelaying was completed, and today the overflow was carried out -- the offshore sections of the gas pipeline laid from the side of Russia and Germany are ... (full story)