New Chinese Satellite Tech Calculates Nord Stream Pipeline Damage — How Much Methane Escaped?

New Chinese satellite technology has been used to calculate the Nord Stream pipeline damage.

This sea-based pipeline was built by Russia. The Russian government uses it to supply Europe with natural gas.

However, on Sept. 26, the pipeline experienced a series of explosions, causing the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines to leak.

Aftermath, the Chinese government wants to check how much methane has escaped into the atmosphere. This is a serious matter since methane is a major greenhouse gas that can greatly affect the environment.

New Chinese Satellite Tech Calculates Nord Stream Pipeline Damage

According to the South China Morning Post's latest report, the Chinese government used its so-called Gaofen-5 02 satellite.

Based on their findings, the leak could have reached around 70 tonnes per hour.

This is quite the difference compared to the estimation made by the Canadia satellite operator GHGSat since their data shows only 20 tonnes per hour.

Both the data of Gaofen-5 02 and the GHGSat observed the location of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

"The hyperspectral cameras on Gaofen-5 and other satellite platforms have been proven successful in precise monitoring of methane emissions many times before," said the Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics.

What Caused the Nord Stream Pipeline Damage?

When the Nord Stream pipeline explosions happened, many rumors claimed that the sea-based pipelines were sabotaged.

On the other hand, Denmark and Sweden told the UN that hundreds of pounds of TNT explosives were used to destroy the Nord Stream pipelines.

The two countries explained that the explosions were measured at 2.3 and 2.1 on the Richter Scale. This means that they are comparable to an explosive, as reported by Business Insider.

You can click here to see more details about what Denmark and Sweden shared.

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Written by Griffin Davis