The operator does not yet predict the timing of the restoration of Nord Stream

MOSCOW, 29 Sep — PRIME. It is impossible to predict the timing of the restoration of the Nord Stream gas transmission infrastructure until the damage assessment is completed, Nord Stream AG said.

“Until the damage assessment is completed, it is impossible to predict the timing of the restoration of the gas transmission infrastructure,” the company said in a statement.

Nord Stream AG, whose main shareholder is a structure of Gazprom, announced on Tuesday about unprecedented destruction on three strings of offshore gas pipelines of the Nord Stream system, which run along the bottom of the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany (Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 “). The reasons for the destruction are being investigated.

It is planned to start assessing the damage at Nord Stream after receiving official permits, while access to the required area can only be allowed after the pressure in the infrastructure has stabilized and the leak has stopped, the pipeline operator Nord Stream AG added.

“Nord Stream AG plans to start assessing the damage to the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline after receiving the appropriate official permits. Access to the damage zone can only be allowed after the pressure in the pipeline has stabilized and the gas leak has stopped,” the company said in a statement.