HELSINKI (AP) — Finland and Estonia said Sunday that the undersea Balticconnector gas pipeline running between the two countries across the Baltic Sea was temporarily taken out of service due to a suspected leak.
Gasgrid Finland and Elering, the Finnish and Estonian gas system operators, said they noted an unusual drop in pressure in the pipeline shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday, after which they shut down the gas flow.
“Based on observations, it was suspected that the offshore pipeline between Finland and Estonia was leaking,” Gasgrid Finland said in a statement.
After the shutdown of Balticconnector, gas for Estonian consumers was coming from Latvia, it said.
The pipeline is bi-directional, transferring natural gas between Finland and Estonia depending on demand and supply.
Persons:
Elering, Kai Mykkänen, “, ”
Organizations:
HELSINKI, —, Sunday, Nord, Nordic, European Union, NATO, Moscow
Locations:
— Finland, Estonia, Baltic, Finland, Estonian, Germany, Russia, Inkoo, Latvia, Paldiski, Lithuania, Ukraine