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Finland Flags Suspected Leak in Baltic Undersea Gas Pipeline

- Pressure drop was detected just before 2 a.m. local time
- Gas supply is turned off, operators are investigating cause

The Inkoo LNG terminal, in Finland. Photographer: Roni Rekomaa/Bloomberg

A suspected leak was detected overnight in an undersea pipeline connecting the Finnish and Estonian grids, which its operators closed while investigating the incident.

Just before 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, the Finnish and Estonian gas transmission system operators noticed “an unusual drop in pressure in the offshore gas pipeline between the two countries,” Gasgrid Finland Oy said in a statement on its website.

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