After a flight over the exit points on Saturday followingnoon, the authority announced that the two leaks in Sweden’s exclusive economic zone were still leaking gas over an area of 100 meters in diameter and the smaller leak over an area of 15 meters in diameter.
Ships should continue to avoid the area
Forecasts assumed that Brexit should stop on Sunday. However, the Swedes announced that they and their operational teams were also prepared for a longer period of time. Ships are required to avoid the area in the Baltic Sea on a large scale.
repair possible
According to a media report, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Nowak says it is possible to repair the damaged Nord Stream pipelines. The TASS news agency quoted him as saying that such incidents had never happened before.
“Of course there are technical possibilities to restore the infrastructure. But that takes time and the appropriate resources.” He is certain that “corresponding options will be found”.
Two of the gas leaks on satellite images from September 30th
No gas leak at Nord Stream 2
According to the Danish authorities, no more gas should have escaped from the Nord Stream 2 pipeline on Saturday. The Danish Energy Authority said the operator had informed the pipeline that the pressure had stabilized, indicating that gas was no longer flowing out. Previously, large amounts of gas had escaped continuously for days from the four leaks on the two Nord Stream pipelines – two of them in Swedish, two in Danish waters.
Many states assume sabotage. At least two explosions happened underwater, Denmark and Sweden announced during the week. Seismological institutes have measured a strength of 2.3 and 2.1, which “probably corresponds to an explosive charge of several hundred kilograms”.
