Offshore staff
TALLINN, Estonia — The contract partner of the Estonian and Finnish gas pipeline system operators has started activities to identify the suspected leak site in the Baltic Sea and the extent of the predicted damage to the Balticconnector gas pipeline.
Inspections are taking place this week.
Once the location of the leak has been determined and the extent of the predicted damage is more apparent, planning will start for the necessary repairs.
Elering and Finnish transmission system operator Gasgrid Finland closed the Balticconnector overnight on Oct. 8 as its pressure started to drop, indicating a possible leak from the pipe.
Repairing the damaged Balticconnector pipeline will take at least five months, and a restart of gas transport will at the earliest happen in April of 2024, Gasgrid Finland and Elering of Estonia said on Oct. 11, according to a Reuters report.
10.11.2023
