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By Johan Ahlander and Terje Solsvik
STOCKHOLM/OSLO (Reuters) – Sweden sent a dive vessel to Russian fuel pipelines in the Baltic Sea that ruptured last week after explosions in the region on Monday to investigate an incident that has added new tensions to Europe’s energy crisis.
Europe is investigating the cause of the rupture of 3 Nord Stream pipelines in an alleged act of sabotage near Swedish and Danish waters that Moscow tried to temporarily immobilize in the West, suggesting that the United States had everything to gain.
Nord Stream, which stretches from Russia to Germany, has been in the midst of a developing fuel source crisis in Europe, which until recently relied heavily on Russian fuel, sending costs soaring.
Several European Union states have put in place contingency plans that may lead to rationing as they rush to locate supplies of choice, while Britain now faces a “significant risk” of fuel shortages this winter, the regulator said.
“The coast guard is guilty of the mission, but we are supporting them with units,” Swedish navy spokesman Jimmie Adamsson told Reuters. “The one we call is HMS Belos, which is a rescue and diving ship. “
Swedish prosecutors said in a press that it had designated the domain as a crime scene.
A spokesman for the Swedish Coast Guard showed in an email that there is now a five-nautical-mile exclusion zone around the leaks.
Earlier, the Swedish Coast Guard said Nord Stream 1 had stopped leaking, but an overflight reported that fuel was still flowing from Nord Stream 2 and bubbling to the surface within a 30-meter (32-yard) radius.
The Kremlin has doubled down on its claims that the West is to blame for Monday’s ruptures, saying that, as a result, the United States will increase sales and costs of its liquefied herbal fuel (LNG).
Washington has strongly denied any involvement. European countries suspect sabotage but have refused to say who it might be.
Kremlin-controlled Gazprom also said flows could resume on the last intact Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a suggestion likely to be rejected given that Europe blocked Nord Stream 2 on the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February.
“If the resolution is made to start deliveries of Nord Stream 2 line B, the herbal fuel will be pumped into the pipeline after the supervisory authorities have verified and verified the integrity of the formula,” Gazprom said.
The suggestion follows comments by the Russian deputy prime minister on Sunday that the Nord Stream network could be repaired with sufficient time and funds.
NORWAY SENDS SOLDIERS
Nord Stream has been a flashpoint in the power stagnation between the West and Moscow that has roiled Western economies and fueled a cost-of-living crisis.
Russia reduced fuel flows through Nord Stream 1 this year before shutting them down completely at the end of August, leading to technical difficulties caused by Western sanctions. European countries have said Moscow is using energy as a weapon.
Nord Stream 2 has been operational and Western countries have resisted calls from Russia to drop their opposition to the project.
Shocked by Nord Stream’s breaches, European countries have begun protecting and policing critical infrastructure that may be vulnerable to attacks.
Norway, Europe’s top fuel supplier and top oil exporter, said it had deployed infantrymen to major oil and onshore fuel processing plants.
Italy has stepped up surveillance and controls of undersea power and telecommunications cables, he told Reuters.
The focus has also been on the safety of other fuel source lines. Eni, the largest importer of Russian fuel into Italy, said over the weekend that Russia had halted all fuel flows through the Tarvisio hotspot, its top executive on Monday blaming the shutdown on short-term technical problems.
The cessation of flows through the Tarvisio hotspot “surely has nothing to do with geopolitical factors. It is due to the fact that Gazprom would have to pay a financial guarantee for the shipment of fuel from Austria to Italy that there was not before. “says Claudio Descalzi.
Meanwhile, European Union countries are seeking to forge a consensus on a cap on the value of fuel, which some countries oppose, adding to Germany’s economic powerhouse.
EU leaders are expected to ask the European Commission to propose a cap employing “workable solutions,” according to a draft notified via Reuters.
Hungary, which disagrees with Brussels and criticizes Western sanctions on Russia, said on Monday that bills for its winter fuel supply were postponed.
(Report through Reuters offices; Written through Matthias Williams; Editing through Jan Harvey and David Gregorio)