MOSCOW, Oct 2 (Reuters) – Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Sunday that it was technically possible to restore the ruptured offshore infrastructure of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, TASS news agency reported.
A total of four leaks were discovered last week on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in the Baltic Sea near Denmark and Sweden, with a significant fall in gas pressure leading to the detection of the ruptures.
“There have never been such incidents. Of course, there are technical possibilities to restore the infrastructure, it takes time and appropriate funds. I am sure that appropriate possibilities will be found,” Novak said.
Denmark’s Energy Agency said on Sunday it had been informed by Nord Stream AG that stable pressure had been achieved in Nord Stream 1, once the largest single supply route for Russian gas to Europe, indicating the outflow from the last leaks had halted.
Nord Stream AG said on Saturday that gas was no longer flowing out of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which had held some gas despite never becoming operational.
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If the world were sane, there would be a global unified push to repair the Nordsteram I and II to make necessary energy available to Europeans who at the moment face a very extraordinary level of coldness this winter..
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Indeed, Jerry. The irony here is that Russia is making the offer for humanitarian reason. They have no need to sell gas to Europe. They already have plenty of markets in Asia.
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The world is not sane, none of the US/UK/NATO/EU regimes are sane and the only people who do care and are sane have no voice.
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Excellent point, mohandeer. It’s my sense, however, that the EU (like New Zealand) is in essence a colony of the UK/US. They don’t have the option of acting independently. If they do, the CIA will launch a coup against them like they did Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam in 1975: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/23/gough-whitlam-1975-coup-ended-australian-independence
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