Norway police reinforcing oil and gas security after Nord Stream blasts

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Updated: Sep 28, 2022, 10:36 UTC

OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police have reinforced security around the country's oil and gas installations following the suspected sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in Swedish and Danish waters, the national police directorate said in a statement on Wednesday.

A view of Equinor's oil platform in Johan Sverdrup oilfield in the North Sea

OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegian police have reinforced security around the country’s oil and gas installations following the suspected sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in Swedish and Danish waters, the national police directorate said in a statement on Wednesday.

It did not give specifics of measures introduced.

(Reporting by Gwladys Fouche, editing by Terje Solsvik)

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