As I understand the situation, the pipe line was turned off, but was kept pressurized. There are hundreds of kilometers of pipe that still has gas in it. That is what is leaking.
Last edit: 29 Sep 2022 09:11 by koobookie. Reason: correction
One has to twist one's self into a pretzel in order to argue that the Russians blew up their own pipelines.
What is the reasoning behind such a scenario?
As you and Koobookie have pointed out, the pipeline was turned off.
If you can get your head into this article please summarize for me.