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Nord Stream leak may have been largest methane emission ever recorded

The Nord Stream breach released between 56,000 and 155,000 tonnes of methane into the atmosphere, making it among the largest methane emissions ever recorded from a single point

By James Dinneen

11 October 2022

Gas leak at Nord Stream 2 as seen from the Danish F-16 interceptor on Bornholm, Denmark September 27, 2022. Danish Defence Command/Forsvaret Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. DENMARK OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN DENMARK. - RC2PPW947RTC

Gas leak at Nord Stream 2 as seen on 27 September 2022

Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS

The Nord Stream pipeline leak was responsible for what is probably the largest single methane emission ever recorded, according to new measurements of the leak.

The Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipeline systems were built to bring natural gas from Russia to Europe beneath the Baltic Sea. On 27 September, large blasts punched holes in three of the pipes in what government leaders around the world have called an act of sabotage. Natural gas, which is mostly …

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