Traces of explosives found on pipelines

Swedish authorities say traces of explosives have been found at the site of the damaged Nord Stream gas pipelines, reaffirming the strongly held view that sabotage was to blame – possibly by Russia


MOST VULNERABLE ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SITES

1 Langeled

2 Europipe II 
Pipelines carry Norwegian gas to UK and Germany. Cover more than 1,600km – running through extremely remote waters

3 Baltic Pipe
Annual volume: 10 billion m3 of gas from Norway to Poland, via Denmark

4 Bornholm Energy Island: Germany and Denmark’s $9.3bn offshore wind power hub*

5 LNG terminals 
Lithuania’s liquefied natural gas import facility in Klaipeda, dubbed Independence 

6 NordBalt

7 ESTlink
Undersea electricity cables link former Soviet Baltic republics to European grid. Cutting them would isolate Lithuania and Estonia in highly symbolic attack


Sep 26, 2022
Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, which link Russia and Germany, are blown up

200km 125 miles
IRELAND
UK
North Sea
NETH.
BELGIUM 
FRANCE
NORWAY
SWEDEN 
DENMARK
GERMANY
FINLAND
ESTONIA 
LATVIA
RUSSIA
LITHUANIA
POLAND
BELARUS 
UKRAINE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7


*Not yet operational 


Sources: Reuters, Bloomberg
Picture: Getty Images 
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