"Nord Stream" News

Gazprom to Preserve Nord Stream Gas-pumping Equipment

Nov 28, 2022

Russia's Gazprom plans to preserve gas pumping equipment at the Portovaya and Slavyanskaya compressor stations that supply the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Monday, citing sources.According to Kommersant…

Russia to Wait for Full Nord Stream Damage Assessment Before Any Repair Decision

Nov 18, 2022

Russia will wait until a full damage assessment to the Nord Stream gas pipelines is done before deciding on any repairs, if any, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.Swedish investigators have found traces of explosives at the site of the damaged Nord Stream pipelines…

Nord Stream 1 Pipeline Flows at Zero after Glitch on Metering Service

Oct 21, 2022

Tiny amounts of gas that briefly appeared in the Russian Nord Stream 1 pipeline earlier on Wednesday, weeks after it was ruptured in the Baltic Sea, were down to a glitch in the flow metering service, the operator said. Gas flows were at 102…

Ruptured Nord Stream 1 Pipeline Briefly Appears to Carry Tiny Amount of Gas - data

Oct 19, 2022

Tiny amounts of gas briefly appeared in the Russian Nord Stream 1 pipeline on Wednesday, website data showed, weeks after it was ruptured in the Baltic Sea by what investigating teams said was suspected sabotage caused by explosions. Gas flows…

Russia Needs Permission for Its Ships to Inspect Nord Stream Damage - Novak

Oct 14, 2022

Russia needs permission for its vessels to conduct investigations into explosions that damaged Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday. He did not specify who should grant the permission…

Gazprom: NATO Mine Destroyer Device was Found at Nord Stream 1 in 2015

Oct 11, 2022

A spokesperson for Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Monday that a mine destroyer discovered at the Nord Stream 1 offshore gas pipeline in 2015 belonged to NATO. Nord Stream reported on that date in 2015 that a 'munitions object' had been cleared by the Swedish armed forces…

Nord Stream Gas 'Sabotage': Who's Being Blamed and Why?

Oct 06, 2022

Major leaks that suddenly erupted in the Nord Stream gas pipelines that run from Russia to Europe under the Baltic Sea have generated plenty of theories but few clear answers about who or what caused the damage.Here is what we know and what has been said so far:WHO IS BEING BLAMED…

Putin: Russia Could Redirect Nord Stream Supplies to Black Sea, and Create Gas Hub in Turkey

Oct 13, 2022

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia could redirect supplies intended for the damaged Nord Stream pipelines to the Black Sea to create a European gas hub in Turkey, or even use the one intact part of Nord Stream 2 to supply the EU…

Turkey Postpones Gas Hub Summit to March 22 after Earthquake

Feb 10, 2023

Turkey has postponed a natural gas summit due to be held on February 14-15 until March 22, an energy official said on Friday, after a major earthquake hit its southeastern region. Setting up a gas hub in Turkey was first proposed by Russia's…

Russia Likely to Spy More on Norway's Energy Industry, Say Norway Security Police

Feb 13, 2023

Russia will seek to gather more intelligence about Norway's oil and gas infrastructure as part of an effort to put pressure on European energy supplies, the Nordic country's police security agency (PST) said in its annual threat assessment on Monday…

Russian Pipeline Gas Exports to Europe Drop to a Post-Soviet Low

Dec 29, 2022

Russian gas exports to Europe via pipelines plummeted to a post-Soviet low in 2022 as its largest customer cut imports due to the conflict in Ukraine and a major pipeline was damaged by mysterious blasts, Gazprom data  and Reuters calculations showed…

"Technogenic Craters" Found at Damaged Nord Stream Pipeline Site

Nov 04, 2022

The Swiss-based operator of Russia-led Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline said on Wednesday it had completed initial data gathering at the location of the pipeline damage on line 1 in the Swedish exclusive economic zone and found 'technogenic craters'…

Gas from Russia's Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Leaks into Baltic Sea

Sep 26, 2022

The Danish authorities on Monday asked ships to steer clear of a five nautical mile radius off the island of Bornholm after a gas leak overnight from the defunct Russian-owned Nord Stream 2 pipeline drained into the Baltic Sea.The German government…

Nord Stream Operator Gets OK to Survey Seabed in Danish Waters

Nov 11, 2022

Nord Stream AG, the operator of the ruptured Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, has been granted permission to survey an area in Danish waters, the Danish Geodata Agency told Reuters on Thursday.The operator has already sent a chartered ship to waters…

Wintershall Dea Exits Russia

Jan 18, 2023

BASF will take a 7.3 billion euro ($7.9 billion) writedown as its Wintershall Dea energy business pulls out of Russia, the German chemicals giant said, triggering a net loss for 2022 and sending its shares lower. Wintershall Dea has deep ties to Russia…

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