Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, key gas pipelines between Russia and Europe, have sprung large leaks within hours of each other, sparking fears of deliberate sabotage
Denmark has imposed a prohibition area around the leaks, banning all ships and aircraft from getting within 5 nautical miles. It says there is a risk that ships could lose buoyancy due to escaping gas or of ignition.at the University of Warwick, UK, says the development is odd, but that sabotage and accident were both possibilities.
“The Russians have the capability to carry out something like this – and they regularly threaten the internet fibres in the Atlantic to show that they could cut them if necessary. So it could be the Russians,” he says. “But I don’t see what they’d gain – they want to sell gas. It may indeed be an accident.”that it detected two large and distinctive spikes in seismic activity under the Baltic Sea, one at 00:03 UTC and one at 17:03 UTC on Monday.
Each of the two affected pipelines actually comprise two pipelines, made up of approximately 100,000 sections, each 12 metres long. None of the pipelines was in operation at the time the leaks were discovered, but they all still contained pressurised gas. Environmental impact documents relating to the networkto the pipes being 26.8 millimetres thick, and covered in anti-corrosion material and steel reinforced concrete.
The pipelines aren’t the first parts of energy infrastructure to be affected since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Fighting around the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant – Europe’s largest nuclear plant – and Chernobyl have caused experts to
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