UPDATED: The Finnish military is involved in investigating a gas leak in a pipeline between Finland and Estonia in the Baltic Sea on Sunday. This is reported by the Swedish media outlet SVT. The media outlet writes that several Finnish vessels have been observed near the pipeline, including at least one military patrol vessel.
Finnish media outlets have also reported that the Finnish Navy is also participating in the preliminary investigations.
The Finnish Security Police, Skyddspolisen, tells the media outlet that it has been involved in the case and is cooperating with the Finnish gas operator Gasgrid. The Finnish Border Guard also reports being involved and is investigating the incident.
The Finnish government had earlier on Tuesday called a press conference in connection with a "serious national security concern", according to several Finnish media outlets. It has been postponed to an unknown date.
On Sunday night, the pressure suddenly dropped in one of the pipelines connecting the northern European gas network. The head of the Finnish gas operator, Gasgrid, said that there was a rupture in the pipeline. However, the leak was minimized fairly quickly and the pipeline was taken out of service, writes SVT. Balticconnector, as the pipeline is called, runs between Paldiski in Estonia and Ingå in Finland.
According to Gasgrid, Balticconnector could be out of service for several months.
However, Gasgrid's assessment is that the gas supply in Finland is still good, as the country also has a liquid LNG terminal that can produce enough gas to cover everyone's needs. LNG is a liquefied form of natural gas.
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