China News Agency, Beijing, September 28. According to comprehensive foreign media reports, the Danish Energy Agency confirmed on the 27th local time that the "Nord Stream-1" and "North Stream-2" natural gas pipelines located in waters near Denmark leaked, causing the leak. Still under investigation.
According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, according to information provided by the Danish and Swedish governments, two natural gas leaks were found in the "Nord Stream-1" pipeline in the northeast of the Danish island of Bornholm, and two natural gas leaks were found in the "Nord Stream-1" pipeline in the southeast of the island. 2" pipe found a leak.
Reuters reported that the North Stream Natural Gas Pipeline Company, the operator of the Russian “North Stream-1” project, said on the 27th that the damage to the three lines of “North Stream-1” and “North Stream-2” on the same day was “unprecedented”. Repair time cannot be estimated yet.
Swedish Prime Minister Andersson told a news conference that the country had detected two explosions linked to the leak and that the Swedish government was in close contact with partners such as NATO and neighbouring countries such as Denmark and Germany over the development.
At present, a number of European leaders have said that the leak was not an "accident", but a "deliberate".
European Commission President von der Leyen said the leak was due to "sabotage" and expressed the "strongest response" to any deliberate damage to Europe's energy infrastructure, according to the British newspaper The Guardian.
Reuters quoted the head of the Danish energy agency as saying that the scale of the natural gas leak was very large, and the sea was full of methane, increasing the risk of an explosion.
Danish authorities have asked ships to avoid the waters within a 5-nautical-mile radius of Bornholm Island on the 26th.
A spokesman for the Swedish Maritime Administration said the agency was stepping up monitoring to make sure no ships came too close to the spill area.
According to the Associated Press, the leaked natural gas is almost entirely composed of methane, the second-largest culprit in global warming after carbon dioxide.
The "North Stream-1" pipeline was completed in 2011, starting from Vyborg, Russia in the east, and leading to Germany via the bottom of the Baltic Sea.
The "Beixi-2" pipeline was completed last year and is basically parallel to the "Beixi-1" pipeline. It has not yet been put into use, but some natural gas is still sealed in the pipeline.
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