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On Monday night has it in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline according to the operator given a pressure drop. A pressure loss was found in Tube A, and the responsible naval authorities in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Russia were informed immediately, said the spokesman for the pipeline operator Nord Stream 2 AG, Ulrich Lissek. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.

“There must be a hole somewhere,” said Lissek of the German Press Agency. “Only no one knows where.” It could be that gas escapes in the offshore area. If that were the case on land, you would notice it. Normally there is a pressure of 105 bar. Now it is only 7 bar on the German side. Research into the causes is very difficult for Nord Stream 2 AG: You are under sanctions, have hardly any staff left, and funds are frozen. “The authorities are all informed.” In Lubmin, the place where the pipeline lands in Germany, to the knowledge of Lissek, there are no Nord Stream 2 AG personnel.


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