After sabotage in the Baltic Sea, Europe found itself in a gas risk zone
It is quite possible that Russian gas pipelines damaged as a result of sabotage will not be restored.
A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, said leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov, answering the question of who will restore the damaged gas pipelines.
“This should be done either by Gazprom or some other Russian structures - it is unlikely that foreign companies will participate in this. It is necessary to bring pipe-laying vessels to the site, lift a section of pipe, remove the damaged piece and weld a new one.
Theoretically, this can be done. The question is whether it is necessary if the Europeans say that they will not use gas pipelines and plan to reduce the purchase of Russian gas. Maybe it won’t be profitable to repair it,” the expert told Izvestia.
He also noted that the accidents did not affect supply volumes: SP-1 was suspended due to repairs in early September, and SP-2 was never put into operation.
“For Europe these are strategic risks. It was always understood that if some kind of severe energy crisis occurred - there would be a harsh winter and there would be a shortage of gas - as a last resort, it would be possible to urgently turn to Russia by launching SP-2 or replacing the turbines with SP-1. Now this safety net is gone,” Yushkov warned.
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