The Nord Stream pipe blasts in the Baltic sea were likely caused by “detonations” of equivalent to “several hundred kilos” of explosives.
“Denmark and Sweden would like to provide the following information regarding the explosions on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines”, the letter published by Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde began, which noted: “At least two detonations occurred underwater… probably corresponding to an explosive load of several hundred kilos”.
While the conclusion of the venting will, presumably, conclude the risk to passing ships — which have been warned to stay a considerably five nautical miles away in the congested waterway — the gas will have been displaced by seawater inside the Nord Stream pipes. As, there are concerns from within the German security community that allowing seawater to sit inside the pipes will allow corrosion to take place, risking the entire $11-billion infrastructure being rendered permanently useless.
The damage to the Nord Stream pipes was discovered early Saturday morning. While neither pipe was actually transporting gas from Russia to Europe at the time — both were at a standstill over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this year — the blast has raised, again, concerns about Europe’s energy security this coming winter.
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