The Baltic Times: Finland, Estonia to Lobby Brussels for Gas Linkup

The Finnish government has vowed to apply for EU funds to link their gas network with Estonia’s, defying concerns from its state run gas company.

Connecting the gas networks of the two countries for the first time would open Finland up to competition and tie in the Nordic country with EU gas transmission networks in central and eastern Europe, Finnish and Estonian officials have said.

The proposed project, known as the Balticconnector, includes an underwater gas transmission pipeline that spans 81 kilometres across the seabed of the Gulf of Finland, with compressor stations on both coasts.

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