Nord Stream: Two leaks in the pipeline in Sweden and Denmark

Its maritime authorities Sweden announced today that they have issued a warning for two leaks in the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline in Swedish and Danish waters.

“There are two leaks in Nord Stream 1, one in the Swedish exclusive economic zone and one in the Danish exclusive economic zone. They are close to each other.” said a representative of the maritime authorities.

The leaks are located northeast of the Danish island Bornholmhe explained himself.

It is currently unknown what caused the leaks.

Yesterday, Monday, her beginnings Denmark announced that a natural gas leak had been detected in the undersea pipeline Nord Stream 2 in the Baltic Sea, which connects Russia with Germany but has not been put into operation.

The Danish authorities stressed that this leak, located about 20 kilometers southeast of the island Bornholmjust outside Danish territorial waters, is classified as “dangerous to navigation” and they added that they have blocked a zone within a radius of five nautical miles from the site.

Although Nord Stream 2 was denied a license to operate under sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the pipeline had been “technically prepared” and “filled with natural gas,” Nord Stream 2 AG spokesman Ulrich Liesek told AFP.

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