Janne Grönlund, director of the Finnish operating company Gasgrid Finland, said in an interview with the publication. was democratic He spoke about the timing of the restart of the Balticconnector underwater gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia.
He said it would “certainly take months” to bring the pipeline back online.
Grönlund said there is currently no information about the exact location of the leak. He also stated that he did not want to speculate about possible causes of the incident due to lack of information.
According to Grönlund, access to the pipeline will take several days as permitting procedures will need to be completed and equipment prepared.
On October 8, operator Gasgrid Finland reported the closure of the subsea gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia. blocked due to a suspected leak.
Before this, new information about sabotage in Nord Stream became known. The British press, citing Norwegian seismologists, wrote that at least four explosions occurred in pipelines in 2022. It was noted that the second and third explosions occurred only 220 meters away from each other. Authorities of the European countries conducting the investigation refused to comment on new data on sabotage of gas pipelines, and the Kremlin noted that the USA and the UK were “in one way or another” involved in this terrorist attack. Details are in the material “Newspapers.Ru”.
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