Repair of the Balticconnector gas pipeline connecting Finland and Estonia could take up to five to six months. This was stated by the Finnish gas company. gas network.
“The actual repair activities, including planning the repair work, mobilizing the necessary subsea equipment, and inspecting and commissioning the repaired pipeline, will take at least five months. Therefore, the earliest possible date for the commissioning of the Balticconnector pipeline is the beginning of April 2024.”
On October 25, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said that Chinese representatives sure Balticconnector expressed its readiness to cooperate in the investigation of the damage to the gas pipeline.
Earlier, Finnish police were investigating damage to the Balticconnector gas pipeline. Works About the version about the involvement of the Chinese container ship Newnew Polar Bear.
The emergency on the Balticconnector gas pipeline occurred on the night of October 8. Operators first noted a drop in pressure, and then there was evidence of a leak causing the pipe valves to close. Two days later, Norwegian seismologists announced that they had recorded an explosion, most likely magnitude 1, in the Balticconnector region. Russian President’s Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow was not involved in events such as the blow-up of the Balticconnector gas pipeline and would never have anything to do with it.
Previously in NATO promise Respond decisively to the blowing up of the Balticconnector gas pipeline.