After nearly a week of leaks, authorities in Denmark claimed that the north line stream 1 Has been repaired. The pipeline offers natural gas that is feeding Europe and causing concern among local authorities.
According to investigations by European authorities, methane flowed from the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines during underwater explosions. “Hundreds of kilograms of explosives” were used to cause the damage, the report says.
The Russians accuse Europe of “sabotaging” the pipelines, while the West claims the damage was deliberately caused by Moscow. The exchange of accusations fueled the atmosphere of the war even more, raising suspicions of increased retaliation by both sides.
Gazprom stops deliveries to Italy
In the wake of unrest between Russia and western European countries, Russian stateowned Gazprom said it suspended natural gas supplies this weekend after failing to get approval to resume supplies to Austria.
The interruption came as a surprise to officials. It was unclear if the issue was bureaucratic and temporary, or if Italy is now on Russia’s list of limitedsupply countries.
Be that as it may, Russian gas accounts for less than 10% of Italy’s supply. The country started buying and beefing up its stocks from other sources, such as Algeria, Norway, Egypt, Qatar and Azerbaijan.
Pipeline Nord Stream 1 and 2: Consider the case
The gas leak was noticed on Monday (26th) after pressure dropped from the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in the Baltic Sea, a region near the Danish coast.
Authorities in Denmark and Sweden registered powerful explosions in the areas of the gas leaks, according to information from the Swedish National Seismology Center at Uppsala University.
Three gas leaks were discovered in the pipelines, two in the tubes of Nord Stream 1 near Sweden and another leak in Nord Stream 2 southeast of the Danish island of Bornholm.
Nord Stream AG, the operator of the pipeline network, said the next day that three subsea lines of the Nord Stream pipeline system suffered “unprecedented” damage in one day.