Re:Nord Stream leaks confirmed as sabotage, Sweden says
by foverzar on Saturday November 19, 2022 @03:02PM
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> they made it even more obvious that the only route for gas would be NS2, by blowing NS1.
Except NS2 had also exploded.
Even if it didn't, can you explain the purpose of this all? What is there to be gained? NS1 had bigger capacity, which meant more money.
Re:Nord Stream leaks confirmed as sabotage, Sweden says
by _kbh_ on Saturday November 19, 2022 @07:35PM
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> Except NS2 had also exploded.
Except it didn't there was a single pipe of NS2 left untouched, if you think it was the US why did they leave a single pipe for Russia to use as leverage to certify NS2?.
Re:Nord Stream leaks confirmed as sabotage, Sweden says
by foverzar on Sunday November 20, 2022 @02:47PM
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Ok, 50% of NS2 had exploded, and the German government doesn't consider the only remaining pipe to be safe: https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/nord-stream-2-berlin-glaub...
More pedantic, but doesn't change my point.
First, in Aug. Russia cuts NS1 to 20% citing supposed repairs: "Gazprom in July cut gas deliveries via NS1 to 20% of maximum capacity, citing turbine repair delays that it blamed on Western sanctions against Russia because of the war."
There, they say "oh hey but look you have NS2 so why don't you certify it".
Then, they turned it off completely:
"The state-controlled firm disclosed Friday flows on NS1 would be closed from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 during scheduled maintenance on its only currently operating compressor at a key station, Portovaya CS."
Again, they say "well you can always use NS2". But when Europe didn't bite the bullet and surrender to their demands, they made it even more obvious that the only route for gas would be NS2, by blowing NS1.
If this was UK or US sabotage, they would have blown NS2 completely, while possibly leaving NS1 alone.
Links:
https://www.naturalgasintel.com/russias-gazprom-plans-3-day-...
https://www.naturalgasintel.com/russias-planned-shutdown-of-...