The Danish Maritime Authority has reported a gas leak near Bornholm Island in the Baltic Sea, near the inactive Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2, which connects Russia and Germany, which according to German authorities has suffered an inexplicable drop in pressure .
This was reported by the Interfax news agency explaining that the authorities advised boats to move away from the area.
Following the gas leak in the Baltic Sea, the Danish shipping agency banned navigation in the area.
The gas leak, southeast of the Danish island of Bornholm, "is dangerous to sea traffic" and "navigation within a radius of five nautical miles of the reported location is prohibited," the authority said in a notice. to ships.
The explanation for the gas leak: "probably a leak"
A pressure drop in pipeline A of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which is not currently in use but has run out and contains gas, was detected last night, possibly due to a leak.
Responsible maritime authorities in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Russia have been informed, Ulrich Lissek, spokesman for the pipeline operator, Nord Stream 2 Ag, told Dpa.
"There must be a hole somewhere," Lissek said, "just no one knows where."
It could be that some gas is leaking into the sea. "If this happened on land, in fact, it would be more easily noticed. Normally, the pressure is 105 bar, but it would now only be 7 on the German side. According to Lissek, the search for causes it would be very difficult for Nord Stream 2Ag, because the company is under sanctions, it has hardly any staff left and its funds are frozen.
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline stretches 1230 kilometers from Russia to Germany across the Baltic Sea.
The pipeline was completed, but the gas was never imported, as Berlin blocked its use in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.