WARSAW—Polish energy operator PERN said on Oct. 12 that it had detected a leak in a key pipeline that ships Russian oil to Germany via Poland, with Warsaw saying it’s investigating but there’s no indication of sabotage.
After recent explosions rocked the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea, suspicions were raised about another possible act of sabotage when PERN announced it had detected a leak late Tuesday in one of the the Druzhba pipelines bringing oil from Russia to Germany, prompting an immediate shutdown.
Poland’s top official in charge of energy infrastructure Mateusz Berger told Reuters that it appears that the damage was accidental and there were no signs of sabotage….