But after Swedish and Danish authorities later reported leaks in the same area, along the undersea Nord Stream natural-gas pipelines, Mr. Lund’s team took a deeper look. The operator of one of the affected lines, Nord Stream AG, said it was mobilizing resources for a survey campaign to assess the damages in cooperation with local authorities. The operator of the other line, Nord Stream 2 AG, is a Swiss subsidiary of Russian state gas giant Gazprom. Russian officials have pointed out that without the Nord Stream lines, Europe would rely more on U.S. liquefied natural-gas shipments, at the expense of Russian exports. He said a subsea operation, with manned or unmanned submarines, could be more easily pulled off without detection than a surface operation.

Source: Wall Street Journal October 02, 2022 00:49 UTC