Gazprom says to keep 51 pct in 3rd, 4th Nord Stream lines
ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 18 (Reuters) - Russian gas producer Gazprom plans to keep a 51 percent stake in a consortium which will expand the Nord Stream gas pipeline running beneath the Baltic Sea to Germany, the firm's spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said on Thursday.
Gazprom said in a statement that it had agreed with E.ON, Royal Dutch Shell (Xetra: R6C1.DE - news) and OMV to build two more lines to expand the pipeline. (Reporting by Denis Pinchik and Dmitri Zhdannikov; writing by Katya Golubkova, editing by Elizabeth Piper)