German Navy Helping Norway To Protect Oil Rigs And Pipelines

Chief of the German Navy Jan Christian Kaack and Chief of the German Air Force Ingo Gerhartz pose with German soldiers and members of the CBRN unit, during the Baltic Tiger 2022 binational military exercise, which is a contribution at NATO’s eastern flank, at the harbour in Tallinn, Estonia on October 24, 2022. (Lisi Niesner / Reuters File Photo)  

Arctic Today/Reuters: German navy helping Norway protect oil rigs, pipelines  

"With its presence in Norwegian waters, the German navy is fulfilling NATO's pledge of 'one for all, all for one'." 

BERLIN — The German navy is helping Norway to protect critical maritime infrastructure such as oil rigs, undersea cables and pipelines, is ready to do the same off the Danish and Swedish coasts, its head said on Thursday.

Bordering Russia in the Arctic, Norway is Europe’s biggest producer of natural gas and oil and has an extremely long coast that is hard to protect.

It operates an extensive network of pipelines that connect the country with Britain and Europe. NATO has pledged to boost the protection of critical infrastructure after the ruptures in September in the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, laid on the bed of the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany.  

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Update: German navy helping Norway protect oil rigs, pipelines -- Today Online  

WNU Editor: It is interesting that Norway has not asked the UK or the US to protect their oil/gas fields and infrastructure. 

It is also not surprising that Germany is involved in providing the resources and manpower to protect this infrastructure. In the current energy crisis they need Norway's energy exports.

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