Operator releases gas from intact Nord Stream 2 pipeline
Created: 10/06/2022 11:31 am
Pipe systems in the gas receiving station of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. © Stefan Sauer/dpa/Archive image
The operator of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 2 releases part of the gas that is still contained in the intact pipe.
It is correct that the pressure is being reduced, a spokesman for Nord Stream 2 AG confirmed on Thursday in the Swiss canton of Zug.
This is essentially a precautionary measure following the damage to the three remaining Nord Stream 1 and 2 lines.
Zug/Lubmin - So far, the pressure of 105 bar required for operation has been maintained.
The Danish energy authority reported on Twitter on Wednesday that Nord Stream 2 had informed them that the Russian state-owned company Gazprom was currently reducing the pressure in tube B - the undamaged one.
In the process, gas is removed that is used instead in the greater St. Petersburg area.
Nord Stream 2 AG is a subsidiary of Gazprom.
According to the operator, gas began to be released from the pipeline on Tuesday.
This process will take about eight days.
Nord Stream 2 AG did not provide any information on how high the pressure should be in the future.
The safety of the gas line is therefore not endangered by the reduced pressure: "That's not a Coke can," said the Nord Stream 2 spokesman.
Last week, a total of four underwater leaks were found on the two Nord Stream pipelines, and enormous amounts of gas escaped for days.
The EU and NATO assume sabotage.
dpa
