Authorities in Denmark have allowed the operator of the Nord Stream pipeline, Nord Stream AG, to analyze damage to the facility in Danish waters as part of an on-site investigation into possible sabotage of the pipeline in September.
The Danish Mapping and Cadastre Agency has granted this permission to Nord Stream AG to «inspect the pipeline rupture point in the Danish Exclusive Economic Zone,» according to a statement from the agency reported by the Russian agency TASS.
The Danish authorities have so far not allowed the Russian organization to carry out certain actions. Now, Copenhagen has reduced the exclusion zone established by the Maritime Agency following the gas leak in September, allowing Nord Stream AG to carry out further analysis.
«Immediately after receiving permission to enter the restricted area, the vessel chartered by Nord Stream AG moved to the area of the damage and started inspecting the pipeline rupture points,» Nord Stream AG said.
Already last week the Danish Mapping and Cadastre Agency granted Nord Stream AG permits to launch a field investigation into what happened to the pipeline. The Russian company later reported that it had completed the first part of the report.
Both the Danish and Swedish authorities have concluded in their respective investigations that the explosions in September were provoked, although the perpetrator could not be determined.
