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Добавлено: Вт сен 27, 2022 9:06 am
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022 ... -gas-leaks
Neither Nord Stream 1 nor Nord Stream 2 are currently carrying gas flows to Europe, although a certain level of supplies remains inside the infrastructure.
"The damage that occurred in one day simultaneously at three lines of off-shore pipelines of the Nord Stream system are unprecedented," said Nord Stream AG, the consortium responsible for the pipelines. "It is impossible to estimate the timeframe for the recovery of the gas transport infrastructure so far."
The first leak, through Nord Stream 2, was detected on Monday evening in the pipeline's Danish section of the Baltic Sea, around the island of Bornholm, after a "major pressure drop."
The Danish Maritime Authority released a navigational warning and established a prohibition zone within five nautical miles (around 9 km) from the site, considering the leak could pose a danger to naval traffic.
The German government reached out to the Danish authorities to examine the issue.
Hours later, two leaks were identified on different sections of Nord Stream 1: one in the Danish economic zone and another one in the Swedish economic zone of the Baltic Sea.
"Breakage of gas pipelines is extremely rare, and therefore we see reason to raise the preparedness level as a result of the incidents we have seen over the past 24 hours," said Kristoffer Bötzauw, director of the Danish Energy Agency.
"We still have no clarity about the causes and the exact facts," a spokesperson for Germany's federal ministry of economic affairs and climate action told Euronews. "A no-fly zone has been established around the area for security reasons – the area is closed to shipping."
Nord Steam 1 has the capacity to carry up to 170 million cubic metres of gas per day (or 55 billion cubic metres per year). Russia has been accused of manipulating supplies after being hit with six rafts of EU sanctions in the aftermath of the Ukraine war. Flows reached 20% of total capacity in the summer before the pipeline was totally shut down.
Nord Steam 2 was supposed to double this capacity to an annual 110 billion cubic metres, but the project, which drew harsh criticism from Poland, the Baltic states and Ukraine, never received authorisation.
"Today's sabotage of Nord Stream is a stark reminder of our energy infrastructure's exposure to risks," said Simone Tagliapietra, an energy fellow at the Bruegel think tank. "[The leaks] might well be Russia's way of seeking force majeure and avoiding paying multi-billion damages to its former customers."
Neither Nord Stream 1 nor Nord Stream 2 are currently carrying gas flows to Europe, although a certain level of supplies remains inside the infrastructure.
"The damage that occurred in one day simultaneously at three lines of off-shore pipelines of the Nord Stream system are unprecedented," said Nord Stream AG, the consortium responsible for the pipelines. "It is impossible to estimate the timeframe for the recovery of the gas transport infrastructure so far."
The first leak, through Nord Stream 2, was detected on Monday evening in the pipeline's Danish section of the Baltic Sea, around the island of Bornholm, after a "major pressure drop."
The Danish Maritime Authority released a navigational warning and established a prohibition zone within five nautical miles (around 9 km) from the site, considering the leak could pose a danger to naval traffic.
The German government reached out to the Danish authorities to examine the issue.
Hours later, two leaks were identified on different sections of Nord Stream 1: one in the Danish economic zone and another one in the Swedish economic zone of the Baltic Sea.
"Breakage of gas pipelines is extremely rare, and therefore we see reason to raise the preparedness level as a result of the incidents we have seen over the past 24 hours," said Kristoffer Bötzauw, director of the Danish Energy Agency.
"We still have no clarity about the causes and the exact facts," a spokesperson for Germany's federal ministry of economic affairs and climate action told Euronews. "A no-fly zone has been established around the area for security reasons – the area is closed to shipping."
Nord Steam 1 has the capacity to carry up to 170 million cubic metres of gas per day (or 55 billion cubic metres per year). Russia has been accused of manipulating supplies after being hit with six rafts of EU sanctions in the aftermath of the Ukraine war. Flows reached 20% of total capacity in the summer before the pipeline was totally shut down.
Nord Steam 2 was supposed to double this capacity to an annual 110 billion cubic metres, but the project, which drew harsh criticism from Poland, the Baltic states and Ukraine, never received authorisation.
"Today's sabotage of Nord Stream is a stark reminder of our energy infrastructure's exposure to risks," said Simone Tagliapietra, an energy fellow at the Bruegel think tank. "[The leaks] might well be Russia's way of seeking force majeure and avoiding paying multi-billion damages to its former customers."
