Baltic Pipe

BERLIN (AP) — The Nord Stream 1 pipeline leading from Russia to Europe has reported a drop in pressure, only hours after a leak was reported in the Nord ...

A plunge in Russian gas supplies has caused energy prices to soar, pressuring governments to help ease the pain of sky-high gas and electric bills for households and businesses as winter nears. The significant drop in pressure caused by the leaks was clearly not the result of “a bad weld,” said Sikora, head of the Energy Studies Institute think tank. Danish authorities said Monday that a leak was detected in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which has never been used. It was “highly unusual for gas leaks like this to happen,” said Kristian Rune Poulsen, energy analyst at Green Power Denmark, But “the market has long been set on us not receiving Russian gas. With the continent needing gas to heat homes, generate electricity and run factories, the energy crisis provoked by Russia’s war in Ukraine threatens rationing, business shutdowns and possible recession this winter. No official presented evidence of what caused the problems, but in central Europe where distrust of Russia runs high, there were fears Moscow sabotaged its own infrastructure in a gesture of spite or to signal that all pipelines are vulnerable to attack.

The Baltic Pipe will strengthen Poland's sovereignty and will make it independent of imports of fossil fuels from Russia, the president has said.

This means that the company will fill at least 80 percent of the pipeline capacity. The pipeline will play a valuable role in mitigating the current energy crisis." "An era that was marked by blackmail, threats and extortion," he added.

Poland's new pipeline bringing Norwegian gas via Denmark and through the Baltic Sea – which is due to open this week – will be able to transport up to twice ...

The following month, Poland’s gas system operator, Gaz-System, [revealed](https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/07/22/baltic-pipe-linked-to-the-transmission-systems-of-poland-and-denmark/) that the pipeline had been connected to the Polish and Danish transmission systems. [announcing that it would end all Russian energy imports this year](https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/03/30/poland-unveils-most-radical-plan-in-europe-for-ending-russian-energy-imports/). [long-running efforts](https://notesfrompoland.com/2022/05/09/as-russia-turns-off-the-gas-poland-finds-ways-to-keep-supplies-flowing/) to diversify away from Russian energy supplies. Around €250 million of that total has been provided by the European Union. However, on Saturday Danish gas system operator Energinet announced that work “is progressing so well” that full capacity is due to be reached by the end of November this year. “Full commissioning can therefore take place ahead of time.”

European countries on Tuesday raced to investigate unexplained leaks in two Russian gas pipelines running under the Baltic Sea near Sweden and Denmark, ...

“It is not yet possible to estimate the timing of the restoration of the gas transport infrastructure.” “Breaches of gas pipelines happen extremely rarely … The new Nord Stream 2 pipeline had yet to enter commercial operations. A spokesperson for the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) said there were two leaks on Nord Stream 1, one in the Swedish economic zone and another in the Danish zone, adding that both leaks were in an area northeast of the Danish island Bornholm. “You have to ask: Who would profit?” “The destruction that occurred on the same day simultaneously on three strings of the offshore gas pipelines of the Nord Stream system is unprecedented,” said network operator Nord Stream AG.

A seismograph on the Danish island of Bornholm twice recorded spikes representing earth tremors on Monday, the day on which the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas ...

Nord Stream 2 was first reported to have depressurised on Monday afternoon. "There was a spike and then regular noise," said GFZ spokesperson Josef Zens. European politicians and security experts have suggested that the pipeline rupture near Bornholm could have been caused by sabotage.

Leaders of Poland and Denmark and experts have raised concerns that the leaks on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipeline were sabotage.

Polish energy expert Andrzej Sikora said he has been warning of the possibility of attacks on pipeline infrastructure since the construction of Nord Stream 1 in 2010. “The arrow points in the direction of Russia,” Puck Nielsen said. Poland, for example, was on track to free itself of Russian gas after working for years to secure other sources, including liquefied natural gas, or LNG, from the United States and Middle East. Plunging Russian gas supplies have caused prices to soar, pressuring governments to help ease the pain of sky-high energy bills for households and businesses as winter nears. He said perhaps someone sought “to send a signal that something could happen to the Norwegian gas.” Denmark established a prohibited area to ensure that ships do not go near the leaks. We are extremely worried by this news,” he said in a conference call with reporters. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called the events “an act of sabotage,” while Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she could not rule it out after three leaks were detected over the past day on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, which are filled with gas but not delivering the fuel to Europe. The latter and stronger blast that night was northeast of the island and equivalent to a magnitude-2.3 earthquake. The crisis also has raised fears of rationing and recession. No official presented evidence of what caused the Nord Stream problems, but with distrust of Russia running high, some feared Moscow sabotaged its own infrastructure out of spite or to warn that pipelines are vulnerable to attack. “An era that was marked by blackmail, threats and extortion.”

Pipeline opens new import route to replace Russian gas supplies, with capacity to carry up to 10 Bcm each year.

"This is a great day a great day for Poland, a great day for Denmark and Norway and for the whole European Union, a great day for our part of Europe in building security, peace and strengthening sovereignty", he said. “The Baltic Pipe is a key project for the security of supply of the region and the result of the European Union policy drive to diversify sources of gas,” Simson said at the inauguration ceremony. Poland President Andrzej Duda who started the ceremony at Goleniow, said that while the Baltic Pipe may not be able to operate at full capacity from the very beginning, it will supply gas for Poland in the current difficult situation on the European energy market.

A series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines running from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany triggered concerns about possible sabotage ...

Danish authorities said Monday that a leak was detected in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which has never been used. The deeper the gas is released in the sea, the higher the proportion that dissolves in the water. The Danish Maritime Authority issued a navigation warning and established a prohibited area to ensure that ships do not go near the leaks. The pipelines have a constant internal diameter of 1.153 metres, according to Nord Stream. Natural gas is methane, which partially dissolves in water and is not toxic. No official presented evidence of what caused the problems, but in central Europe where distrust of Russia runs high, there were fears Moscow sabotaged its own infrastructure in a gesture of spite or to signal that all pipelines are vulnerable to attack.

Explosions rattled the Baltic Sea before unusual leaks were discovered on two natural gas pipelines running underwater from Russia to Germany, ...

On the eastern coast of Bornholm, the Danish Emergency Management Agency installed equipment that measures the concentration of gas in the air. He has been urging steps to ensure the security of the Baltic Pipe, which at one point crosses paths with both Nord Stream pipelines. Plunging Russian gas supplies have caused prices to soar, pressuring governments to help [ease the pain of sky-high energy bills](https://apnews.com/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-european-union-commission-0b274c50c67fc25400e11cdbf06a33e9) for households and businesses as winter nears. He said perhaps someone sought “to send a signal that something could happen to the Norwegian gas.” [center of an energy clash between Europe and Russia](https://apnews.com/article/inflation-russia-ukraine-covid-health-923304026448bda234d6890592f55463) since the invasion of Ukraine in late February. Denmark also established a prohibited area to ensure that ships avoid the leaks. We are extremely worried by this news,” he said in a conference call with reporters. Danish Energy Minister Dan Jørgensen said that “we cannot say how long the leak will go” on for as the gas has not been turned off. No official presented evidence of what caused the Nord Stream problems, but with distrust of Russia running high, some feared Moscow sabotaged its own infrastructure out of spite or to warn that pipelines are vulnerable to attack. A second, stronger blast northeast of the island that night was equivalent to a magnitude-2.3 earthquake. “An era that was marked by blackmail, threats and extortion.” “There is no question that the largest environmental impact of this is to the climate, because methane is a really potent greenhouse gas,” he said.

"Allies are looking into the gas leaks and exchanging information, also with Finland and Sweden," a NATO official told Newsweek.

After further battlegroups were established earlier this year in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, long-neutral Finland and Sweden decided to join the alliance. The moves prompted some concern from Moscow, which has accused the U.S. Both pipelines have been at the center of geopolitical tensions surrounding Russia's war in Ukraine, and neither were in operation at the time of the incidents, though they maintained gas under pressure within them. "Today we faced an act of sabotage." The project, which remains under construction, has been touted as critical to diminishing Europe's dependency on Russian gas as relations continue to deteriorate. "Allies are looking into the gas leaks and exchanging information, also with Finland and Sweden."

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Explosions rattled the Baltic Sea before unusual leaks were discovered on two natural gas pipelines running underwater from Russia to ...

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Witold Waszczykowski, was TVP World's guest invited to speak about the importance of the Baltic Pipe project.

Firstly, Russia, the larger exporter of gas and other commodities supplied to Europe, has for years used them as a political instrument, specifically an instrument of political blackmail. Poland switching to LNG gas from outside of Europe and now being able to import gas from Norway allows it to be much more independent. The Baltic Pipe was officially inaugurated in Poland on Tuesday.

Denmark says it believes “deliberate actions” by unknown perpetrators were behind big leaks, which seismologists said followed powerful explosions, ...

He said perhaps someone sought “to send a signal that something could happen to the Norwegian gas.” Plunging Russian gas supplies have caused prices to soar, pressuring governments to help ease the pain of sky-high energy bills for households and businesses as winter nears. The leaks raised the stakes on whether energy infrastructure was being targeted and led to a small bump in natural gas prices. We are extremely worried by this news,” he said in a conference call with reporters. “Currently, it is not possible to estimate a timeframe for restoring the gas transport infrastructure,” a company statement said. David Hastings, a retired chemical oceanographer in Gainesville, Florida, said much of the gas would rise through the sea and enter the atmosphere. Russia has halted flows on the 1,224-kilometer (760-mile) Nord Stream 1 pipeline during the war, while Germany prevented them from ever starting in the parallel Nord Stream 2. “An era that was marked by blackmail, threats and extortion.” Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki called the events “an act of sabotage." A second, stronger blast northeast of the island that night was equivalent to a magnitude-2.3 earthquake. Danish Energy Minister Dan Jørgensen said that “we cannot say how long the leak will go" on for as the gas has not been turned off. There was no indication when the gas would be turned off.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Explosions rattled the Baltic Sea before unusual leaks were discovered on two natural gas pipelines running underwater from Russia to ...

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