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28-01-2025
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Denmark permits Gazprom's Swiss subsidiary to preserve Nord Stream 2
The Danish Energy Agency has granted permission to Nord Stream 2 AG, Gazprom's Swiss subsidiary, to carry out preservation work on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea, which was damaged by a series of explosions in 2022. Source: European Pravda with reference to the Danish Energy Agency Details: The planned work involves installing specially manufactured plugs at each of the open pipe ends to prevent further gas blowout and injection of oxygenated seawater. The licence is conditional upon ensuring the pipeline's safe maintenance. Among other obligations, the company must submit an annual plan for the pipeline facilities, enabling the Danish Energy Agency to monitor its activities continuously. Nord Stream 2 AG intends to perform the preservation work in the second or third quarter of 2025, expecting the process to take 2–3 weeks. Background: The Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2, in which Russia has invested billions of euros, has not been put into operation since its completion – first because of legal problems, and then because of the outbreak of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine. In September 2022, one of the branches of NS2 and both branches of Nord Stream 1 were damaged by explosions, and the investigation is still ongoing. In 2024, Nord Stream 2 AG lost a lawsuit in the EU Court of Justice over a directive that extends the rules of the internal natural gas market to gas pipelines from third countries. On 27 January 2025, Polish President Andrzej Duda stated that gas flows from Russia to Western Europe should never be restored, even if Russia and Ukraine reach a peace agreement. Support UP or become our patron!
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28-01-2025
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Denmark gives go-ahead to maintenance work on Nord Stream 2 pipeline
The operating company of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is being allowed to carry out maintenance work on its pipeline in the Baltic Sea, which was damaged in 2022. The Danish Energy Agency on Tuesday granted Nord Stream 2 AG, which belongs to the Russian Gazprom group, permission to carry out such work on the pipe under certain conditions. The work involves installing special plugs at the open pipe ends to prevent further leakage of natural gas. The work, scheduled for the second or third quarter of 2025, is expected to take two to three weeks. According to the agency, the damaged pipeline A still contains a significant amount of natural gas, while pipeline B is intact and filled. Several explosions in September 2022 damaged the two pipes of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline and one of the two pipes of Nord Stream 2. Russian natural gas had previously flowed to Germany through Nord Stream 1. Gas was also to be delivered to Germany via the almost €10-billion ($10.46-billion), 1,200-kilometre-long Nord Stream 2 pipeline. However, it was never put into operation after completion because gas imports from Russia were suspended in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
