Oil platform. File photoMOSCOW, 4 Oct. Suspicious drone activity has been reported off oil and gas fields in the North Sea for the second time in a week, Danish publication Politiken reported, citing police. that over the weekend we received reports of unmanned aerial vehicle activity in the North Sea,” law enforcement officials said. The police refrained from further comment on the incident.
According to media reports, this time the drones were seen near the Roar field, which is being developed by TotalEnergies. Previously, the activity of drones was recorded at another gas platform of the company, Halfdan B. Amid the incidents, TotalEnergies announced the strengthening of security measures at the facilities.In the United States, the countries that committed the explosions on the Nord Stream were named They were noticed some time after Nord Stream leaks were discovered in the Baltic Sea. Gas leaks at Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 were discovered on September 26. At that time, both gas pipelines did not work — pumping through Nord Stream was suspended from the end of August due to problems with the repair of Siemens turbines caused by Western sanctions, and Nord Stream 2, which was completed in 2021, was never put into operation. operation. Nevertheless, the pipelines remained filled with gas.
The Spanish Prime Minister described the energy market in Europe in one sentenceAs the operator Nord Stream AG stated, the accident is unprecedented and the timing repairs cannot be assessed. The seismic center of Sweden recorded powerful underwater explosions in the area of the emergency. The authorities of Germany and Denmark do not exclude that the cause of the emergency was sabotage. NATO claims that the accident was «the result of deliberate, reckless and irresponsible acts of sabotage.» The Kremlin called the incident an act of international terrorism. According to Vladimir Putin, «sanctions are not enough for the Anglo-Saxons,» they have begun to destroy the pan-European energy infrastructure. Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Novak noted that the countries that took a negative position in relation to this project, namely the United States, Ukraine and Poland, are interested in decommissioning Nord Stream.
«Our fleet is near.» In the United States spoke about the fate of the «Nord Stream»