Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea

Re:Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea by driggs on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @04:39PM (#33000816)

Does anyone know the rate at which these leaks are spewing methane into the atmosphere, and how quickly this pipeline can be shut off (if it isn't already)?

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Re:Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea by some0x80070005 on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @07:14PM (#33002354)

I’ve heard somewhere between 300-400 kilograms gas per second. The pipeline has already been shut off for weeks, but it’ll take days for all the gas that’s already in the line at elevated pressures to leak out. It’s an enormous amount of gas.

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Re:Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea by driggs on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @08:10PM (#33002811)

That's an insane amount of a very potent greenhouse gas. Seems like it'd be better to strike a match and flare it off as CO2 instead of methane, which has 80 times the greenhouse warming effect of CO2.

Thanks!

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Re:Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea by euroderf on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @12:21PM (#33009784)

Yes please. Why HAVEN'T they lit it yet ?

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