completion from twenty nineteen the north stream to pipeline will deliver natural gas from russia via the baltic sea directly to germany since try. twelve russian gas is being exported to germany through the first old stream pipeline will double the amount of gas delivered to more than one hundred billion cubic meters a year a project divides europe as it completely bypasses ukraine if russia stops using the pipelines that go through ukraine stands to lose up to two point eight billion dollars in annual transit. construction for the new pipeline is underway on the northern german coast hundreds of steel pipes are set to be welded together on the vessels and then drawn into the baltic sea the ten billion euro project has cause rifts within europe poland and ukraine oppose it they fear germany will become too dependent on russian gas a concern shared by the american government. germany imports forty percent of its