Nord Stream: Not Just a Pipeline

Abbreviations
bcm billion cubic metres
CIS Commonwealth of Independent States (former Soviet
Republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan,
Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment (according to the
Espoo/EIA Convention)
NB. EIA is also an abbreviation for ‘Energy Information
Agency’ (statistical agency of the U.S. Department of
Energy). When ‘EIA’ is followed by a date, e.g. EIA
(2006), it refers to a printed source from the agency that
can be found in the reference list. Otherwise, the
abbreviation refers to ‘Environmental Impact Assessment’
Espoo Name of the Finnish city where the EIA Convention was
signed.
FOI Swedish Defence Research Agency [Totalförsvarets
forskningsinstitut]
HELCOM Helsinki Commission (governing body of the ‘Convention
on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic
Sea Area’, commonly known as the Helsinki Convention)
IEA International Energy Agency
LNG Liquefied Natural Gas
mcm million cubic metres
MFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs
NEGP North European Gas Pipeline (previous name of ‘Nord
Stream’)
pigs (intelligent) pipeline inspection gauges (used for pipeline
maintenance)
tcm trillion cubic metre
TEN-E Trans-European Network Energy (EU guidelines)
UNCLOS UN Convention on the Law of the Seas
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