Mystery Nord Stream Pipeline Object Just A Smoke Buoy

The Danish Energy Agency has completed its salvage operation concerning an object on the seafloor by the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea, Offshore magazine reported.

Photo Insert: Denmark has put the issue to rest, confirming that what was found next to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline was an empty smoke buoy used for visual marking and does not pose any security risk.

Denmark’s Armed Forces said the salvage, conducted with a representative of the pipeline owner Nord Stream 2 AG, took place at a depth of 73 meters.

Before the salvage operations, speculations swirled that the blast at the pipeline was the handiwork of the Russians and media went agog in December 2022, claiming that Moscow launched the sabotage operation.

Another report tagged patriotic Ukrainian businessmen to have masterminded the operation to lay the blame on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Denmark has put the issue to rest, confirming that what was found next to the Nord Stream 2 pipeline was an empty smoke buoy used for visual marking and does not pose any security risk.

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