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COPENHAGEN, March 23 (Reuters) – Denmark was the only healthy one left under the Baltic Sea on Thursday gas of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to help rescue an unidentified object found near the pipeline Russia invited the operator under his control.

Last September Russia three occurred in the “North Stream” pipelines built to deliver gas to Germany explosion It became the next flashpoint in the conflict between the West and Russia, which began with the intervention of Russia in Ukraine.

The explosions occurred in the exclusive economic zones of Sweden and Denmark. Both countries say the bombings were deliberate, but have not yet identified who was responsible.

Last week, Danish authorities said that during an inspection of the last intact pipeline by Swiss-based operator Nord Stream 2 AG, the pipeline, which protrudes about 40 cm (16 inches) from the seabed and has a diameter of 10 A tubular object of cm was discovered.

“In order to further clarify the nature of the facility, Danish authorities have decided to salvage the facility with the help of Danish Defense,” the country’s Energy Agency said in a statement on Thursday.

“In this context, the Danish Energy Agency has invited Nord Stream 2 AG, the owner of the pipeline, to participate in the operation,” he said, waiting for a response from the operator.

The operator of the pipeline is the state of Russia gas The company is managed by Gazprom (GAZP.MM).

Authorities have assessed “the facility does not pose an immediate security risk,” the agency said.

Russia President Vladimir Putin of the vessel leased by Gazprom last week explosion reported finding an antenna-like object about 30 km (19 mi) away from its location. It was not clear if he was referring to the same facility that Danish authorities will try to save.

Since Europe has cut most of its energy links with Russia, the last intact pipeline has fallen into disuse. Still in the pipeline gas there is, but the operator said last year that it lowered the pressure as a precaution.

Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen Editing by Marguerita Choy

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Based in Copenhagen, Jacob oversees reporting from Denmark, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. He specializes in security and geopolitics in the Arctic and Baltic Sea regions, as well as major corporations such as beer maker Carlsberg and shipping group AP Moller-Maersk. To his most influential reporting on Arctic affairs NATO how its allies are slowly waking up to Russia’s dominance in the region, how Greenland represents a security black hole for Denmark and its allies, and how its abundance of critical minerals is proving to be anathema report includes. For Greenland. Jacob before moving to Copenhagen in 2016 in Moscow spent seven years covering Russia’s oil and gas industry for Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal, followed by four years in Singapore covering energy markets for WSJ and Reuters. As a Russian speaker, he participated in the coverage of the war in Ukraine. It is one that focuses on the most important regional and global news every day news publishes the bulletin. If news If you would like to receive the newsletter, please contact Jacob via email.

2023-03-24 01:38:19
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