Sweden points warning of two gasoline leaks on Nord Stream 1 pipeline By Reuters

By Anna Ringstrom and Stine Jacobsen

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s Maritime Authority mentioned on Tuesday it had issued a warning of two leaks on the Russian-owned Nord Stream 1 pipeline in Swedish and Danish waters, shortly after a leak on the close by Nord Stream 2 venture was found.

“There are two leaks on Nord Stream 1 – one in Swedish financial zone and one in Danish financial zone. They’re very close to one another,” a Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) spokesperson informed Reuters.

The leaks had been situated northeast of the Danish island Bornholm, the spokesperson mentioned. It was not instantly clear what had prompted the leaks.

“We’re holding additional watch to verify no ship comes too near the positioning,” a second SMA spokesperson mentioned.

On Monday, Danish authorities requested ships to keep away from a 5 nautical mile radius southeast off Bornholm after a gasoline leak from the defunct Nord Stream 2 pipeline drained into the Baltic Sea.

Later the identical day, the operator of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which ran at diminished capability from mid-June earlier than shutting down utterly in August, additionally disclosed a stress drop on each strains of the Nord Stream 1 gasoline pipeline.

The Baltic Pipe, a brand new subsea pipeline delivering Norwegian gasoline to Poland with an annual capability of 10 billion cubic metres per day, is because of be inaugurated afterward Tuesday.