Re:Three Nord Stream gas pipelines damaged in one day
by 988747 on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @08:05AM
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Those things do not take long to fix. In fact that's exactly what Putin needs right now: an excuse to stop the gas flow for a few weeks, until the pipeline is repaired. Then of course there will be some time until they test it, and then some bureaucrat in Moscow needs to sign off the certification and allow resuming pumping - which allows Putin to drag this out for as long as he needs.
Re:Three Nord Stream gas pipelines damaged in one day
by tokai on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @08:13AM
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The flow was already stopped before this. So your analysis does not line up with reality.
Re:Three Nord Stream gas pipelines damaged in one day
by 988747 on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @08:24AM
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Yes, but they stopped it based on their previous excuse. I think first it was some spare part that was stuck in Canada due to sanctions, then they had to do "routine maintenance" of some pump station, then the same for another pump station, and now we have a leak. As you can see they never stop the flow "just because".
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/putin-blames-germany...
Putin wants the pipelines open, because europe knows that the minute they sit down and reach a deal with russia, the valves get open, europe gets the gas.
Now europe is fucked, and even if local people protest due to cold, sitting down with putin won't bring back enough gas, so there is less incentive to actually make a deal.
But I'm sure USA will profit by selling overpriced gas to europe.