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Nord Stream pipelines
The two damaged offshore pipelines that make up the vital Nord Stream pipelines recently had their fourth leak (Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2).
A 1,224 km underwater gas pipeline called Nord Stream 1 connects Lubmin, Germany, to Vyborg, Russia, via the Baltic Sea.
It is the main network by which gas is delivered to Germany and is majority owned by the Russian energy behemoth Gazprom.
The majority of the gas is sent straight to Germany; the remainder, however, is sent west and south via onshore links to other nations and into storage caverns.
The 1,200-kilometer Nord Stream 2 pipeline was intended to transport 55 billion cubic metres of gas annually from Ust-Luga, Russia, to Greifswald, Germany, via the Baltic Sea.
It was designed to function in conjunction with the Nord Stream 1 system. The majority of the gas that Germany consumes in Europe from Russia flows through the Nord Stream.
Source: The Indian Express