Russia's "Northern Stream" two major natural gas transport pipelines leading to Europe occurred on the 26th. Danish and Swedish seismologists believe that an "underwater explosion" occurred near the leak point located in the waters under the jurisdiction of the two countries.
European Union senior officials in many countries suspected that the "air leakage" was caused by intentional sabotage, and spoke out on the 27th to condemn it. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said EU will respond the strongest to deliberate damage to European energy facilities.
monitored two underwater explosions
"No doubt, it's not an earthquake."
Reuters html reported on the 227th that Denmark, Sweden multiple seismologists monitored two strong explosions in the waters near the leak point of the "Northern Stream" natural gas pipeline on the 26th.
The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland said that the monitored vibration signal "is different from the seismic signal, and is indeed similar to a typical explosion signal." Uppsala University in Sweden, which works with the institution, added that the second explosion is even more powerful, equivalent to detonating the energy released by more than 100 kilograms of explosives. An explosion occurs in the water, not under the sea.
Bjorn Lund, associate professor of seismology at Sweden National Earthquake Network, said that being able to clearly see how the waves in the waters in the incident rebounded from the bottom to the surface, which means "an explosion occurred." One of the explosions caused an earthquake equivalent to magnitude 2.3, and all 30 measurement stations in southern Sweden detected the explosion.
Lund said: "There is no doubt that this is not an earthquake."
According to official reports from Denmark and Sweden, there are two leak points in the " Nord Stream-1" pipeline, located in the northeast of Bornholm Island, Denmark, and belongs to the Denmark and Sweden maritime exclusive economic zone; the " Nord Stream-2" pipeline leakage point is south of the Denmark Point Duer, Denmark.
Three pipelines were damaged on the same day
Who "deliberately destroys"?
Reuters quoted a person concerned about European security affairs as saying that to investigate the cause of the leakage of the "North Stream" pipeline, we need to ask "who will benefit from it."
Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde wrote on social media Twitter on the 27th that a natural gas leak occurred in the "North Stream" pipeline in Denmark and Sweden's exclusive economic zones "is likely caused by an explosion that was secretly damaged by the related one". No possibility is ruled out at this stage. U.S. Secretary of State Blinken said that if attacks or vandalism lead to leaks in natural gas pipelines, it will be of no benefit to anyone.
German Minister of Economic and Climate Protection Robert Habeck said the German government is convinced that it was not caused by natural occurrence or aging of materials, but a "targeted attack." Danish Prime Minister Mette Frazer Rixson also said on the evening of the 27th that this was not an "accident", but "deliberate destruction".
Alexei Grivac, deputy director of the Russian National Energy Security Fund, said that there was a problem with the three pipelines at the same time, which was obviously "someone did it maliciously", and "who is fighting against Russian natural gas in Europe (status)," this has not been particularly concealed."
German " Spiegel " weekly reported on the 27th that according to sources who did not want to name it, the US CIA reminded the German government this summer that the "North Stream-1" and "North Stream-2" pipelines may be attacked. "Spiegel" asked the German government for confirmation on this, and a government spokesperson declined to comment.
Russia gas posted a message on social media on September 6 that the "North Stream-1" pipeline "Portovaya" compressed gas station is a "dangerous operation facility". If the hidden dangers are not eliminated, it may cause a fire or explosion.
leakage scale is very large
"North Stream" cannot supply gas this winter
0 Denmark Energy Agency director Bertsaw said that the leakage scale is very large and it may take a week to repair the leak point of "North Stream-2".
Grivac said it may take several months to replace the damaged part of the pipe and then re-instantly put it into use. The U.S. political risk consulting firm Eurasian Group said that no matter how the situation in Ukraine changes, the leak means that Russia will not be able to supply gas to Europe through the "Northern Stream" pipeline this winter.
The day after the "Northern Stream" air leakage incident, Danish Prime Minister Frazier Rixson prepared to go to Poland to attend the opening ceremony of the Norwegian gas pipeline leading to Poland. Norway is a major European natural gas producer and exporter and is currently one of the main targets for EU countries to seek to "reduce their dependence on Russia's energy."
Nordic pipeline was bombed and Europeans lived through hot water bags for winter?
A domestic electric blanket that costs about 100 yuan can be sold for 345 yuan when you go overseas.
This is the price on AliExpress, an electric blanket exported to Europe. An electric blanket worth 50 euros (1 euro is about 6.9292 yuan) is almost 3-4 times the domestic price.
The Northern Stream natural gas pipeline was bombed. Coupled with the international situation, residents in many European regions are considering how to survive the cold winter in advance and starting to stockpile wood, hot water bags and electric heating equipment. Data from Hangzhou Customs shows that from January to August this year, Zhejiang exported 1.11 billion yuan of heating equipment to the EU, an increase of 103.3% year-on-year. The fastest growing products also include solar water heater , electric blankets, compressed heat pumps, hot water boiler , gas water heater , etc.
One electric blanket is 50 euros!
However, there are not many electric blanket merchants in Zhejiang
On September 27, Beixi Natural Gas Pipeline Company issued a statement saying that three offshore pipelines of the two pipelines of Beixi Natural Gas have been damaged "unprecedented" and the specific reasons are still unclear.
Natural gas is one of the most important resources for winter heating in high-latitude areas in Europe. Since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the European energy crisis has become increasingly severe, fossil fuel supply is in short supply, prices are soaring, and the power market is even more out of control. For example, the price of natural gas has risen more than 10 times that of last year. In addition, the price of anthracite has increased by 3 times year-on-year, and the electricity price has increased by 12 times.
Data from Hangzhou Customs shows that from January to August, Zhejiang Province exported 6.468 million electric blankets, an increase of 32.1% year-on-year, of which 648,000 were exported to the EU, an increase of 114.6%.
Another set of data from General Administration of Customs shows that in July this year alone, 27 EU countries imported as many as 1.29 million Chinese electric blankets, an increase of nearly 150% month-on-month. Among them, Germany purchased 419,000 electric blankets from China in July, which increased to 632,000 in August, while the UK purchased 582,000 in August. After the
message came out, some people said that the wholesaler of Yiwu electric blankets will definitely receive a lot of orders next.
However, yesterday, a reporter from Express News found on Yiwu International Trade City that there are not many wholesalers who specialize in selling electric blankets, and the order volume has not changed much.
The market managers of Yiwu International Trade City said that they also began to pay attention to the information of electric blankets a few weeks ago, but there are really not many operators selling electric blankets in the market, and they all sell them with one hand. If they are not careful, they will not find it. After investigation, they found that there is no change in sales.
Yiwu boss lady sold 800,000 hot water bags
European orders doubled
Compared with electric blankets, International Trade City District 4, the sales of some hot water bag operators have really soared, and orders reached a peak in June and July, and now some customers are busy making up for orders.
"This year's orders were earlier than in previous years, and the quantity was significantly larger." Luo Lanxian sold hot water bags in Yiwu for more than 20 years. Now, in addition to the brand of agent, she also has her own factory. Her products are mainly sold to Europe, such as Italy, Spain, Portugal and other regions.
Luo Lanxian’s store is not big, but there are many types of hot water bags, with hundreds of them. In addition to the most common direct watering rubber hot water bags, there are also many charging hot water bags. The size of rubber hot water bags is divided into three types: large, medium and small, with a capacity ranging from 750 ml to 2000 ml, among which large sizes sell the best.
Luo Lanxian said that the first half of the year was originally the off-season, but after the Russian-Ukrainian War, Europe has increased orders since April, and it reached a peak in July. The order volume has increased. In the past, there were several cabinets. This year, her family has taken over orders for more than a dozen cabinets (the cabinets mentioned by the boss of Yiwu are actually containers).
She calculated that one piece of goods costs about 60 hot water bags, one cabinet 1,300, and 10 cabinets cost nearly 800,000 hot water bags.
"The overall order for rubber hot water bags has doubled, and the sales of charging hot water bags are expected to increase by about 30%. Now the orders have been scheduled until the end of October. No new orders will be accepted during this period. It will not be possible to produce new orders until early November." Luo Lanxian said that the factory is now running 24 hours a day, with more orders, and the workers are motivated, with a monthly income of at least eight or nine thousand yuan.
In addition, Luo Lanxian also discovered a phenomenon that orders from European urban areas mostly choose large hot water bags with a unit price of 7 euros, while those in towns mostly choose 4 euros.
"From the feedback from buyers, consumers living in urban areas in Europe have very high requirements for the quality of hot water bags, but residents in towns are more concerned about the price, and affordability is the best choice." Luo Lanxian said.
Another hot water bag operator not far from Luo Lanxian's store said that their orders were originally mostly in India and there were basically no orders in Europe, but this year, there were suddenly more orders from Europe. Although the orders were not large, we can also realize that the local demand for heating increased.
cold knowledge of hot water bags
hot water bags seem to be mainly used by us Chinese. In fact, many European families have always had the habit of using them, because its inventor is Eduard Penkala, an engineer of the European country Croatia , and the invention was in 1903.
At first, rubber hot water bags were medical resources, mainly used for hot compresses. The one who promoted it to the civilian field was the Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli .
Rubber hot water bag entered China roughly in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China. The first stop was Shanghai, the number one city in Far East , that year. It was not until 1949 that it officially entered thousands of households and became a must-have for many families.
factory is busy making orders
Cixi electric heater merchants ushered in the European "subscription wave"
"This year is quite abnormal. In previous years, customers confirmed orders at the latest in April because they had a relatively high latitude and started to be cold in September. But they are still placing orders this year until now, and delivery customers can accept them in November." said Liu Jiwen, general manager of Ningbo Aifu Electric Co., Ltd., a merchant at Alibaba International Station.
As an upstream market, they have actually felt the trend of rising demand for heaters. In May and June this year, the company's overall order volume exceeded the whole year of last year.
Cixi City, Zhejiang Province is one of the heater production bases in my country, and its export volume accounts for 30% of the country. Unlike the peak season for heating equipment production ended around mid-September in previous years, in order to cope with the "subscription wave" of customers in Europe and other places, many merchants are still busy making orders.
On the AliExpress platform, an electric blanket sold for 50 euros in Europe, almost 3-4 times the domestic price. According to AliExpress data, consumers in Dutch , France, Germany and Poland rely most on heaters made in China. At present, on cross-border e-commerce platforms such as Alibaba International Station and AliExpress, Chinese companies are rushing to launch the shelves, and domestic electric blankets, electric heaters, down jackets, gloves, hand warmers, etc. are being sold to Europe.
(Source: Orange Persimmon Interactive City Express)
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