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Nord Stream 1 operator permitted

to survey Danish leak sites

DENMARK THE Russian operator of the damaged Nord Initial data collected by the operator off Sweden’s
Stream 1 pipeline has been granted permis- coast discovered man-made craters with depths
Meanwhile, there is a sion to survey an area in Danish waters, the of 3–5 metres, at a distance of about 248 metres
report of ships in the Danish Geodata Agency told Reuters on from each other. Nord Stream AG said the sec-
area when the leaks November 10. tion of the pipeline between the craters had been
occurred with their The operator has already dispatched a ship destroyed, and the radius of pipe fragments dis-
trackers turned off. it has chartered to an area off Sweden’s coast to persion is at least 250 metres.
survey the ruptured parts of the pipeline, which Adding another picture to the puzzle,
had flowed gas from Russia to Germany under WIRED reported last week that analysis by sat-
the Baltic Sea. ellite data monitoring firm SpaceKnow showed
Investigators in Denmark and Sweden have that two “dark ships”, each measuring around
both concluded that the four leaks inflicted to the 95-130 metres long, passed within several km of
Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines were the result of the Nord Stream 2 leak sites in the days imme-
explosions, but they have not said who might diately before the leaks were detected, with their
be responsible. The incidents have widely been trackers turned off.
blamed on sabotage. “We have detected some dark ships, meaning
While Western leaders have avoided pointing vessels that were of a significant size, that were
fingers so far, Moscow has accused the British passing through that area of interest,” Space-
Royal Navy of attacking the pipelines. Know CEO Jerry Javornicky told the news
According to Reuters, the application that agency. “They had their beacons off, meaning
was sent to the Danish Geodata Agency on there was no information about their movement,
October 13 was approved on November 1, ena- and they were trying to keep their location infor-
bling the Nord Stream AG company to survey mation and general information hidden from the
waters in Denmark’s exclusive economic zone. world.” ™

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