MOSCOW, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The Gazprom-led NordStream-II gas pipeline consortium has delayed the results of atender for pipes from January to March-April, a source at a pipesupplier to Gazprom said on Monday.
The source said the delay was related to changes in theshareholding structure of the consortium after Russia's Gazpromagreed to sell an additional 1 percent of the Nord Stream gaspipeline to the French company Engie, cutting itsstake in the project to 50 percent.
Apart from Gazprom and Engie, oil major Shell,German chemicals group BASF, utility E.ON and Austrian energy company OMV participate in NordStream, which carries gas from Russia to Germany via the BalticSea.
Earlier this year, Gazprom announced plans to double NordStream's annual capacity from 55 billion cubic metres. (Reporting by Svetlana Burmistrova; writing by VladimirSoldatkin; Editing by Alexander Winning)