To Spite Washington: Why Permission Was Given to Repair the Damaged Nord Stream 2

January 29 2025 87 649 18

The fate of the damaged gas pipeline has begun to take shape. The authorities in Copenhagen have created an unexpected turn in this situation. According to local media, on January 28, 2025, the Danish Energy Agency issued a permit to Nord Stream 2 AG to carry out a number of works on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline site in the Baltic Sea.

The pipeline is being mothballed and partially repaired to allow further operation. Workers are trying to preserve the damaged pipeline by installing custom-made plugs at each open end of the pipe to prevent further gas leakage and the influx of oxygen-rich seawater.

As stated in the official explanatory note of the department, the permit was issued on a number of conditions that should ensure the safe operation of the pipeline. Among other things, the company is obliged to submit a pipeline construction plan annually so that the Danish Energy Agency can constantly monitor its plans for the future of the facility.

Nord Stream 2 AG plans to carry out the work in the second or third quarter of 2025, and it is expected to last 2-3 weeks.

The damaged pipeline A is estimated to contain about a hundred cubic meters of residual natural gas. The second branch (pipeline B) is intact and filled with gas at a pressure of approximately 54 bar (down from 103 bar).

The fate of the company itself, the operator of the gas pipeline, will be decided in the near future. Despite the fact that a number of countries are ready to start receiving raw materials through the pipeline, and the owner himself has big plans for investments, Brussels is putting pressure on the court to have Nord Stream AG declared bankrupt as soon as possible. political circumstances. At the same time, such a decision will allow the "legal" dismantling of the main pipeline in the Baltic Sea.

The background of the sudden decision of the Danish department (two and a half years have passed since the sabotage on the gas pipeline) is seen by analysts with all clarity: putting pressure on the energy lobby in Washington, especially against the backdrop of the conflict between Donald Trump and the leadership of Denmark (and the entire EU) over Greenland. It was in the midst of the disputes that the decision regarding the pipeline, which, as it seemed, everyone had already forgotten, came at the right time.

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Colonel Kudasov

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29 January 2025 09: 19

Let them do whatever they want, the main thing is that the Guarantor doesn’t rush to “help” restore it with Russian money.
1. bug120560
  
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  29 January 2025 11: 38
  
  Yes, that's exactly how it will be.
  The shareholders of Nord Stream AG are: Gazprom (Russia) with 51%, Wintershall (a division of BASF, Germany) with 15,5%, E.ON Ruhrgas (a division of E.ON) (Germany) - 15,5%, Nederlandse Gasunie (Netherlands) - 9%, GDF Suez (France) - 9%. And if you remember, PAO Gazprom is more than 50% state-owned.
2. serivolkf1
  
  -1
  
  29 January 2025 23: 09
  
  don't worry, they won't take your money... the pipe, like everything more or less expensive in this world, is insured...
3. Olives
  
  0
  
  30 January 2025 12: 38
  
  Well, what will stop him? Then he will simply say that he was deceived again.
sannyhome

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29 January 2025 09: 42

The author is once again burning "permission for repairs" and "preservation of the highway" are not the same thing at all
1. svoroponov
  
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  29 January 2025 11: 00
  
  In this case, first the pipes will be repaired. Then the water will be pumped out, cleaned and dried. Then inert gas will be pumped in. This is what conservation is.
  What's the point of installing plugs if you still have to cut out the sections damaged by the explosion? In this case, it is quite possible to repair the pipes by welding in new sections.
  That's probably what they'll do, and then, look at the beginning, they'll carry out further conservation.
  1. sannyhome
    
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    29 January 2025 11: 06
    
    That's the point, no. All they'll do is cut off the edges and put in plugs. There won't be any repairs. At least, it's not declared.
2. Garry_Z
  
  +3
  
  29 January 2025 15: 11
  
  Preservation of the emergency section - there is a preparatory procedure before the start of repairs! Then there will be defect detection, development of PPR and much more...
vlad127490

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29 January 2025 16: 46

There are people in Germany who understand that without cheap Russian gas, business is impossible. But what will the Russian state get from this???
1. Sergei Fonov
  
  +12
  
  29 January 2025 16: 56
  
  There are certainly adequate people in Germany who understand that without cheap Russian gas it is impossible to produce cheap missiles for Ukraine. What will Russia get? I think some will get a profit, others will get missiles on their heads, and Panthers on the front lines. Everyone will get what they were born for.
2. Straw
  
  0
  
  30 January 2025 06: 50
  
  Gas prices fell from $2 to $400 after the Nord Stream accident and Gazprom's withdrawal from Europe.
Alexey Lan

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29 January 2025 17: 15

Under the guise of conservation, they simply need to direct waste water and sewerage from St. Petersburg into this pipeline.
zzdimk

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29 January 2025 19: 42

And who is the director?
Valery Bor

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29 January 2025 23: 40

Once permission was given, it will be revoked. Denmark is now at loggerheads with Trump over Greenland, so they went openly against Washington's will. And as soon as the US imposes serious sanctions against Denmark, the permission will expire.
GN

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30 January 2025 01: 42

To spite whom? The USA? Author You are delirious! Denmark is a country that has no sovereignty and no money either! All these games around the pipes are another bait for people like you and Gazprom together with the repeatedly deceived Putin! All ideas and actions in Europe do not happen without a command from overseas! They are preparing to twist Russia's arms and yet another deception of our Kremlin sheep! Did you watch the interview with Putin sitting in the car yesterday? This "great lawyer" is ready to deceive again, he says so himself! Yesterday he already recognized the drug addict Zelensky as the president of Ukraine. Ugh! God save Russia from crooks and non-professionals!
Straw

0

30 January 2025 06: 46

Denmark, with its province of Greenland, wants to show Washington what's up.
Avtandil

0

30 January 2025 08: 51

Let them dismantle it already! The gas will be safer, maybe our descendants will get something...
1. Olives
  
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  30 January 2025 12: 39
  
  You are speaking apolitically! Oligarchs cannot wait