The corporate media is disinterested (which is a story by itself), but independent journalists like Briahna Joy Gray are coming to the fore.
Posts Tagged ‘Nord Stream’
Nord Stream: Nothing new, but a good overview by Briahna Joy Gray (The Hill)
Posted in energy policy, pipelines, tagged Briahna Joy Gray, Nord Stream, Seymour Hersh, the Hill on February 19, 2023| Leave a Comment »
More Nord Stream from Seymour Hersh and Jeffrey Sachs
Posted in energy policy, Norway, Offshore Energy - General, pipelines, tagged Berliner Zeitung, Nord Stream, Seymour Hersh on February 16, 2023| Leave a Comment »
From a Hersh interview with Fabian Scheidler of the Berliner Zeitung:
- 8 “bombs” were placed near the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, six of which exploded in a rather flat area. The explosives destroyed three of the four Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines. (This explains why one of the four pipelines wasn’t damaged. Presumably, concerns about the unexploded ordinance have been addressed by Sweden.)
- Norway identified a relatively shallow area (80m water depth) near Bornholm.
- It only took a few hours to place the explosives
- No one in Congress was informed of the plan
- In response to criticism about his reliance on unidentified sources, Hersh said that many of his articles were dependent on such sources. If his sources were named, they would be fired or worse.
Below is a very good Jeffrey Sachs interview (new) with appropriate pushback from the host Freddie Sayers. Nothing really new, but both Sachs and Sayers are informed and articulate. Worth viewing.
Methane emissions: Nord Stream > offshore leasing
Posted in climate, energy policy, Gulf of Mexico, Offshore Energy - General, tagged BOEM, GHG emissions, lease sales, methane, Nord Stream, OCS oil and gas program on February 14, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The Nord Stream sabotage likely released more methane than the complete lifecycle of a GoM lease sale (upstream and downstream). Also, the Nord Stream explosions may have released more methane than is emitted by all US offshore producers in an entire year. Here are the numbers:
| Source of Methane | CH4 emissions (1000s of tons) |
| Nord Stream (probable range) | 100-400 |
| Nord Stream (maximum) | 500 |
| Nord Stream – first 48 hrs (CAMS est) | 175 |
| all US offshore production in 2020 (EPA) | 193 |
| all US on- and offshore exploration in 2020 (EPA) | 12 |
| lifecycle upstream emissions from a typical GoM lease sale (BOEM) | 118 |
| lifecycle up- and downstream emissions from a typical GoM sale (BOEM) | 151 |
Finally, remember that offshore oil and gas leasing results in a net reduction in GHG emissions.
The No Leasing scenario results in roughly double the CO2e emissions for upstream activities compared to those of the Leasing scenario, given that, collectively, the substitute energy sources have higher GHG emissions per unit of production (also known as “GHG intensity”) compared to the forgone domestically produced OCS oil and natural gas of the Leasing scenario.
BOEM
Even when mid- and downstream emissions are included, leasing is preferable to no leasing. See the table below from the BOEM report:
Bottom line: we need more energy leasing and less military aggression!
Will the Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts ever be Investigated?
Posted in energy policy, Offshore Energy - General, pipelines, tagged CIA, Judge Napolitano, Nord Stream, Phil Giraldi, Seymour Hersh on February 14, 2023| Leave a Comment »
First Seymour Hersh interview since his Nord Stream article
Posted in energy policy, Interviews, Norway, Offshore Energy - General, pipelines, tagged Nord Stream, sabotage, Seymour Hersh on February 13, 2023| 2 Comments »
Much of the discussion was about his career and the state of journalism. Some of Hersh’s comments on his Nord Stream story:
- He will protect his sources as he always has
- The Nord Stream Pipeline sabotage was “stupid beyond belief”
- “Pipeline industry knows what happened”
- Only one major news show (Tucker Carlson) has contacted him and Hersh chose not to be interviewed
- He was shocked that no other news organization pursued the story
- He has received 1600 emails in 2.5 days since the article was published
Seymour Hersh: “How America Took Out The Nord Stream Pipeline”
Posted in energy policy, Norway, pipelines, Russia, Uncategorized, tagged NATO, Nord Stream, pipelines, sabotage on February 8, 2023| 1 Comment »
I’m posting this link without comment.
Last June, the Navy divers, operating under the cover of a widely publicized mid-summer NATO exercise known as BALTOPS 22, planted the remotely triggered explosives that, three months later, destroyed three of the four Nord Stream pipelines, according to a source with direct knowledge of the operational planning.
Seymour Hersch
Was the Nord Stream attack the first ever offshore pipeline sabotage?
Posted in energy policy, Gulf of Mexico, natural gas, pipelines, Russia, tagged Nord Stream, offshore safety, pipelines, Victoria Nuland on February 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I do not recall any other such incidents.
Victoria Nuland’s glee over the Nord Stream damage (video clip below) is particularly galling to those responsible for offshore production, worker safety, and environmental protection. Does she realize that the Gulf of Mexico has more than 13,000 miles of active offshore pipeline that could be similarly targeted, and that the US has 2.6 million miles of onshore pipelines?
Whether or not the US was involved in the Nord Stream sabotage, Ms. Nuland’s schadenfreude is disturbing given the economic and security implications of the attack.
MEP Mick Wallace on Nord Stream sabotage
Posted in climate, energy policy, pipelines, tagged Mick Wallace MEP, Nord Stream on December 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Nord Stream: the EU agrees to better protect critical infrastructure, but ignores the elephant in the room
Posted in accidents, energy, Offshore Energy - General, pipelines, tagged EU, investigations, Nord Stream, pipeline leaks, sabotage on December 13, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Wer ist verantwortlich?
As reported by Tagespiegel, the EU states have agreed to better protect critical infrastructure. Yet apparently the status of the Nord Stream investigation(s) was not discussed. When will the findings be released? How and when will the responsible parties be identified?
This Nord Stream scenario is credible, but the big question is “who,” not “how”
Posted in Offshore Energy - General, pipelines, Russia, tagged explosions, Nord Stream, pipelines, who did it? on November 28, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Bud's Offshore Energy (BOE) 