On one of the Nord Stream 2 pipelines (the pipeline is filled with technical gas), the pressure dropped sharply. An investigation is underway, reports the gas line operator.
The pressure dropped from 300 to 7 bar overnight, the reason is still unknown.
“Tonight the dispatcher at the onshore site Nord Stream 2 registered a sharp drop in pressure in line A,” RIA Novosti quoted the report as saying.
It is noted that the coastal services of Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Russia were immediately notified.
The incident is currently under investigation.
Nord Stream 2 stretches from the coast of Russia across the Baltic Sea to Germany and consists of two strands with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year. The construction work lasted three years and ended on September 10, 2021. The gas pipeline is fully operational and filled with technical gas.
However, it never worked – initially Germany suspended the certification due to non-compliance with the requirements of EU law and even frozen the project after the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine.
EU Countries Plan to Delay Russian Oil Price Cap Amid Divisions
The 27 member states need to unanimously agree on sanctions
Countries also discussing export restrictions on electronics
European Union nations are struggling to reach an accord on imposing a price cap on Russian oil and will likely push back a deal on the issue until after a broader sanctions package has been agreed.
Cyprus and Hungary are among the countries that have expressed opposition to the oil cap proposal, according to people familiar with the ongoing talks. Sanctions in the EU require unanimity, giving each nation an effective veto.
The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, met with member states over the weekend to try to find a compromise on the package of restrictive measures, according to the people. Countries may push to have a preliminary deal ahead of an informal gathering of EU leaders in Prague on Oct. 6.
The EU is scrambling to put tougher sanctions in place after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “partial mobilization” of troops last week and started holding UN-condemned “referendums” on annexation in areas of Ukraine it is still occupying. There have also been recent reports that Ukrainian forces had uncovered a mass grave in the city of Izyum, which had been controlled by Russia. Other measures being discussed include import controls on diamonds and banning certain steel products.
Electronics Ban
Separately, the 27 member states were also closer to backing a proposal to restrict the export to Russia of electronic components used in weapons, said the people.
Member states contend that further limiting access to the electronic components used in weapons against Ukraine is one of the most efficient tools to hit Russia’s military, particularly as Moscow needs more arms for the up to 300,000 additional soldiers it’s seeking to mobilize.
The EU push to impose a price cap on Russian oil would align the bloc with a US effort to keep the cost of crude from soaring and to eat into Moscow’s revenue from energy sales. The Group of Seven reached a political agreement on a cap earlier this month and the commission said it would work to implement the proposal.
Many details still need to be ironed out, including at what price the allies would set the cap, the people said. Any measures would need to take effect before Dec. 5, when previously adopted EU measures take force that ban the import of seaborne oil as well as the services needed to ship it.
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