Last-Ditch Effort to Save Pipeline from Collapse!

Last-Ditch Effort to Save Pipeline from Collapse!

The Danish Energy Agency has announced that it has approved the Nord Stream 2 AG’s plan to carry out conservation work on the damaged Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea, which was damaged in a sabotage attack in 2022.

According to the agency, the work aims to prevent further degradation of the pipeline by installing custom-made stoppers at each of the open pipe ends, thereby preventing the entry of oxygen-rich seawater. This, in turn, is expected to slow down the corrosion process.

The Nord Stream 2 AG had completed the $11 billion pipeline project in 2021, with the intention of connecting Germany to a European energy hub, supplying natural gas to other EU member states such as Austria, the Czech Republic and Italy. However, the newly formed coalition government in Berlin, elected in the fall of 2021, has since blocked the pipeline’s operational start.

In a sabotage attack in September 2022, three of the four strings of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, which run under the Baltic Sea, were damaged and shut down. The fourth string, which is part of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, remains functional and can be brought back into operation at any time, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has stated that this depends solely on the will of the Berlin government.