Somebody really hates natural gas
Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager
Somebody *really* hates natural gas.
/ Update, the gas leaks were apparently caused by underwater *explosions*.
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● “Swedish broadcaster SVT reported that the Swedish National Seismic Network detected two underwater explosions near the Nord Stream pipeline system on Monday.
“One of the explosions had a magnitude of 2.3, and was registered at as many as 30 measuring stations in southern Sweden,” SVT said.
● Bjorn Lund, a professor in seismology and director of the Swedish National Seismic Network, said these two seismic events were explosions.
Here’s a map of the three leaks on the Nord Stream pipeline system. …”
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● “The size of the Nord Stream pipeline gas leak is huge. According to the Danish armed forces, it measures about 1 kilometer in diameter.
The smaller circle in the center is approximately 200 meters wide.”
< 3 photos >
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“Sweden’s Maritime Authority said it had detected two leaks on the first line, while Denmark’s maritime safety authority had detected a leak on the second line on Monday.
Both agencies instructed ships to keep at least five nautical miles away from the location of the leaks due to the presence of explosive gas.
● … Leaks on undersea gas pipelines are extremely rare, and the discovery of three in close proximity to each other within 24 hours raised suspicions of sabotage …”
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“German officials reportedly believe the crucial Nord Stream natural-gas pipelines connecting Russia to Europe, which have sustained severe damage, were the subject of an attack.
Tagesspiegel, a newspaper in Germany, where the pipelines land from Russia, reported a government source as saying: “We can’t imagine a scenario that isn’t a targeted attack. Everything speaks against a coincidence.”
Jakob Hanke Vela, a Germany-based reporter for Politico, tweeted: “Accident highly unlikely, officials in Berlin believe both pipelines have been attacked.”
Die Welt, another German publication, reported that the timing of the damage suggested sabotage, and was unlikely to be an accident.
● … “It seems extremely improbable that the leaks on two different pipelines happen at the same time,”
Mate usz Kubiak, energy analyst at the Warsaw-based Esper is consultancy, told Politico.
“Therefore I think we should assume that it was intentional to create these leaks.” …