They also talked about the security of “critical infrastructure” in NATO countries, he wrote on Twitter. This comes after gas began to bubble up in large quantities outside the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. Both Sweden and Denmark have seen crisis staff since the two leaks in Nord Stream 1, and one in Nord Stream 2, became known. Bødskov says it can take “a week or more, maybe two”, before someone can get close enough to examine them. In the meantime, he says there is reason to be concerned about the security situation in the area. – The Russian military is essentially present in the Baltic Sea, and we expect that they will continue with their sabre-rattling. The statement comes after a meeting between him and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, according to Reuters. “No specific threat to the Norwegian continental shelf” On the night of Wednesday, Equinor decided to raise its security level in Norway, news has been informed. At the processing facility at Kollsnes in Øygarden, an emergency response team has been established, which consists of local management and shop stewards. These must meet daily to monitor the situation closely. Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre tells news that there is no specific threat to the Norwegian continental shelf, after a dialogue with NATO about the leaks. He adds that there has been no request for assistance to monitor Norwegian installations. – We have a high level of security around our installations. There are many of them and we have high security and monitor both air and water. Støre during an interview earlier this year. Photo: Beate Oma Dahle / NTB – We provided that they can be driven safely. But safe wisdom means having a high level of preparedness, says Støre. He believes the leaks from the Nord Stream cables have “all the signs of being a deliberate act”. Støre did not want to speculate on whether any attacks on Norwegian installations would be an attack on Norway, but that one should investigate further where these attacks come from. Capturing the explosion from satellite Satellite company Planet believes they have managed to capture the moment when one of the pipelines burst, around 13 nautical miles from the coast to Bornholm. The picture was taken by a Dove satellite on Monday. If you zoom in properly, they show a circle similar to the one that the Danish defense took a picture of during Tuesday. Satellite image of the Danish island of Bornholm. Photo: Planet Labs PBC Image of a leak from Nord Stream, taken by the Dove satellites. Photo: Planet Labs PBC / Planet Labs PBC Measuring stations in the area recorded powerful explosions under the surface of the water on Monday at the same places where the leaks were discovered, reports SVT. President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen also commented on the leaks on Twitter late on Tuesday evening. – Any intentional disruption of active European energy infrastructure is unacceptable, and will lead to the strongest possible response, von der Leyen wrote. Russia rejects accusations of sabotage In a public statement on Wednesday, the Kremlin says that it is not in their interest to put the Nord Stream pipelines out of service. AFP reports. They claim it is “stupid and absurd” that Russia is blamed for being behind the sabotage. At the same time, the Russian gas giant Gazprom claims that disagreements about shipping costs could lead to sanctions against Ukrainian Nftogaz, reports Bloomberg. In that case, this will mean that Turk Stream, the smaller gas pipeline that runs through Turkey, will be the last active gas pipeline in Europe. The map below shows the network of gas pipelines out in Europe, as it is today. Nord Stream 1 and 2 between Germany and Russia are out of service indefinitely. – This could be a sign that Moscow is thinking of cutting off gas access to the EU completely, possibly with the exception of the small amount of gas that still comes from Turkey, says the head of energy at Eurasia Group, Henning Gloystein, to the Swedish Expressen. Gas analyst at ICIS, Tom Marzec-Manser, also interprets this as part of something bigger. – It seems that Nord Stream 1 and 2 were just a prelude to this. If Russia cuts off access through Ukraine, the EU cannot hope for a U-turn, he says.
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