It was my understanding that Russia had already shut down the flow of gas to Germany due to the sanctions. Just trying to fully understand what's going down...
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...the pipeline was pressurized with gas....
so if thats the case, the bubbles will stop here soon as the residual gas in the line leaks out and the pipes fill with water? Just seems weird to me that there's only 1 "bubble head" or whatever you would call it with 3 damaged sections of pipe.
Nord Stream One was an active pipeline. It was full of gas, but they could open valves on both ends of the Nord Stream One and recover some or most of the gas.
Nord Stream Two was not in service and hasn't been authorized for use, so there isn't much of an option. The pipeline didn't have ready end users, so the gas couldn't be routed anywhere. The full pipeline remains blocked in at the ends, so the gas escapes only at the rupture.
That's likely why you see only one area of bubbles around the Nord Stream Two leak, but not at the Nord Stream One leaks.
...any pipeline has to be maintained in a pressurized state even if it is "inactive"...
...I can't comment on your second observation because I am not up to speed on that point of reference....
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