The two pipelines were damaged by two submarine bomb explosions last September, but the perpetrators of the sabotage have not yet been identified. The two pipelines have a total transport capacity of 110 billion cubic meters of gas per year
Russia will not repair underwater pipelines for the time being north current as relations with the West are unlikely to improve in the relatively near future. The giant Gazprom, which manages the infrastructure, will limit itself to sealing off the two transportable pipelines and “decommissioning”. 110 billion cubic meters of gas per year from Russia to Germany. The two pipelines were damaged by last September two explosions by submarine bombs, It has not yet been possible to determine who was responsible for the sabotage. The investigations are still ongoing. US Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh He claimed the operation was orchestrated by the White House, but the evidence structure of his reconstruction was much controversial.
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At the time of the attack, the gas flows had already been greatly reduced by a decision of the Federal Court of Justice Kremlin in retaliation for German support for Western sanctions. Nord Stream 2, completed in early 2022, never actually went online while the first pipeline was operational about 20% of its capacity. Gazprom, which has invested billions of euros in the doubling plan, said it was technically possible However, fix the pipeline two sources reported by Portal agency said Moscow is seeing little chance of improvement of relations with the West in the near future and therefore does not see the need for gas pipelines.
A Russian source said Russia considers the project “buried”. For now, therefore, one should proceed with an intervention for seal the pipeline and coat the pipes with it thereby avoiding the corrosion caused by seawater. ruptured pipelines would be preserved at least for possible reactivation in the future. A spokesman for the Germans AEON which also holds shares in Nord Stream ag, said: “As far as we know, as a minority shareholder, no decision has been made for or against the rehabilitation of the line.” Russia is currently exporting about 40 million cubic meters of gas per day through the pipeline Suja, on the border between Ukraine and Slovakia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Moscow, which hopes to build a gas hub in Turkey to replace the Baltic Sea route, said it will no longer rely on the West as an energy partner.