据路透社 6月24日奥斯陆报道，该项目的一名合作伙伴周一表示，连接芬兰和爱沙尼亚的波罗的海天然气管道铺设工作已经完成。该管道的修建旨在帮助两国减少对俄罗斯天然气的依赖。

这个耗资3亿欧元(合3.4134亿美元)的项目名为Balticconnector，主要由欧盟提供资金，将使芬兰的天然气进口来源多样化。此前，天然气进口仅由俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司提供管道。

天然气将通过这条150公里(93.21英里)长的管道双向输送，这条管道的日产量将达到720万立方米。

通过这条管道运输的部分天然气将继续来自俄罗斯，但这条管道也将能够运输液化天然气，这些天然气将以液化天然气的形式抵达波罗的海港口，同时也能从欧洲大陆供应。

“我们将按计划在2019年底前完成该管道的竣工和投产，”该项目合作伙伴之一波罗的海连接器公司的董事总经理赫科?普里特表示。

该声明称，用岩石覆盖管道预计将于今年7月完工，并将于今年夏天对该管道进行压力测试。

波罗的海连接器公司表示，这条管道将在秋季与两国的地面管道连接。它的商业运作计划于2020年1月1日开始。

该项目的合作伙伴是芬兰的波罗的海连接器公司和爱沙尼亚的Elering。

薛珂 编译自 路透社

原文如下：

Laying of gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia complete

The laying of a gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea connecting Finland and Estonia, built to help both countries reduce their dependency on Russian gas, has been completed, one of the partners in the project said on Monday.

The 300 million euro ($341.34 million) project, called Balticconnector, is mostly funded by the European Union and will allow Finland to diversify the source of its gas imports, which were previously piped solely by Russia's Gazprom.

Gas will flow both ways through the 150-kilometer (93.21 miles) pipeline, which will have a capacity of 7.2 million cubic metres per day.

Some of the gas that will be transported via the pipeline will continue to originate from Russia, but the link will also be able to transport gas that arrives at Baltic terminals in a liquefied state (LNG) and also supplies from continental Europe.

"We will proceed as planned towards the completion and commissioning of the pipeline by the end of 2019," said Herkko Plit, managing director of Baltic Connector Oy, one of the partners in the project.

Covering the pipeline with rock is expected to be completed in July and a pressure test of the link will be conducted during the summer, said the statement.

The pipeline will be connected to ground pipelines in both countries during autumn, said partner Baltic Connector Oy. Its commercial operations are scheduled to start on January 1, 2020.

The partners in the project are Finland's Baltic Connector Oy and Estonia's Elering.