WARSAW, Poland — Officials say a series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines running from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany could be the result of sabotage.
The incidents overshadowed the inauguration on Tuesday of a long-awaited pipeline that will bring Norwegian gas to Poland.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says she “cannot rule out” sabotage after three leaks were detected on Nord Stream 1 and 2.
The pipelines aren’t bringing gas to Europe amid an energy standoff over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. However, gas still fills the lines.
No official presented evidence of what caused the problems. But in central Europe, where distrust of Russia runs high, there were fears Moscow sabotaged its own infrastructure to signal all pipelines are vulnerable to attack.
KYIV, Ukraine — Analysts say two natural gas pipelines running from Russia to Germany are unlikely to be able to carry any gas to Europe this winter even if there was the political will to bring them online.
A series of unusual leaks have been discovered on Nord Stream 1 and 2, which run from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany.
Eurasia Group analysts Henning Gloystein and Jason Bush, wrote Tuesday: “Depending on the scale of the damage, the leaks could even mean a permanent closure of both lines.”
They noted that undersea pipelines are designed in a way that they are not accidentally damaged, and that leaks are rare.
“Leaks of this size are a severe safety and environmental hazard, especially should Russia not stop pumping gas into the system,” the analysts said.
https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Liv … 469132.php
"Russia, which slashed gas deliveries to Europe after the West imposed sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, said sabotage was a possibility and that the incident undermined the continent's energy security. A senior Ukrainian official called it a Russian attack to destabilise Europe, without giving proof."
"Neither pipeline was pumping gas to Europe at the time the leaks were found amid the dispute over the war in Ukraine, but the incidents will scupper any remaining expectations that Europe could receive gas via Nord Stream 1 before winter."
"The multiple undersea leaks mean neither pipeline will likely deliver any gas to the EU over the coming winter, irrespective of political developments in the Ukraine war," Eurasia Group wrote."
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy … 022-09-27/
Thoughts ---
Is Putin intent on inflicting a huge energy crisis on Europe, trying to weaken their resolve?
First, Russia and the EU control the pipeline flow.
Russia only has to turn it off on their side, so there was no motivation for them to do this, or for the EU to do it.
Second, the ability to detonate charges under water takes a serious amount of training, and access to those types of explosives.
There aren't that many people who could have done it, and fewer that had the motivation.
I'll leave it up to you to determine who you might think that would be.
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