The overall length of pipeline is of which around is offshore. The pipeline's diameter is and working pressure is. The initial capacity is 16 billion cubic meters per year, which will be increased to 19.2 bcm by the end of 2010 by installing a fourth compressor at the compressor station at Anna Paulowna. The pipeline has a regulatory exemption from the two-ways gas flow until October 2018. Until this, the direction of gas flow is from the Netherlands to the UK. The overall cost of the project was around €500 million.