- In mid September before Nordstream was attacked there was a series of drone spotting around key Norweigean oil/gas infrastructures.
- In October after Nordstream was attacked there were another spotting of drones in Norway.
- In April 2023 Mats Ljunquist stated that perpetrators planted several Red herrings.
=> Were these drones those Red herrings he spoke about?
=> Could these be before/after Red herrings on the Western side?
Norway September 2022
21 sept 2022 - Two new drones observed in the North Sea
Unidentified drones continue to appear in the North Sea. Two new drones have now been observed.
On Saturday, what is described as a "severe" drone was observed near the Kristin field. On Tuesday, a new drone appeared which should have been less than 50 meters from the Heidrun platform, Stavanger Aftenblad reports.
21 Sept 2022 - Two new drones observed in the North Sea - were very close to the Heidrun platform
Unidentified drones continue to appear in the North Sea. On Saturday, a "severe" drone was observed near the Kristin field and on Tuesday, a new drone appeared which is said to have been less than 50 meters from the Heidrun platform.
Equinor has reported
- We have made observations of unidentified drones at some of our installations, confirms Eskil Eriksen, press spokesperson at Equinor.
- We take the incidents seriously and report the observations to the Norwegian authorities, the Petroleum Safety Authority and the police, Eriksen asserted.
He says that Equinor is in dialogue with the governing authorities regarding follow-up of the drone activity.
22 Sept 2022 - Norway Investigates Mysterious Drone Sightings Near Offshore Oil & Gas Fields
22 Sept 2022 - accessed through the Internet Archive (nor INCREASES NAVAL SECURITY)
Operator companies on the Norwegian continental shelf have recently notified/reportedseveral sightings of unidentified drones/aircraft in the vicinity of offshore installations.
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway encourages increased vigilance from all operators and shipowners on the Norwegian continental shelf and reminds them to notify and report observations to us, in accordance with Section 58 of the Framework Regulations Notification and reporting in connection with security zones.
Unidentified drones/aircraft may involve increased risk in areas such as - helicopter traffic and SAR helicopters
- ignition source control - non Ex approved equipment in the vicinity of explosive areas hazardous areas- falling objects - collision with equipment- deliberate attacks
We assume that some of the players in the industry are already familiar with this. Nevertheless, we consider we consider it relevant to provide information about these incidents. We encourage further vigilance, review of emergency preparedness measures and incident management and information sharing.
Furthermore, communication in general in the petroleum the petroleum industry and with cooperating authorities. We ask that relevant personnel in the individual operating company and the individual shipowner, and the safety service are made aware of the contents of this letter.
26 Sept 2022 - Norway oil safety regulator warns of threats from unidentified drones
She says that Norway has notified Sweden of increased drone activity in the North Sea.
1 Oct 2022 - Jonas Gahr Støre about the drone observations: These are not boy pranks
Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Equinor CEO Anders Opedal visited the Sleipner A platform in the North Sea on Saturday.
Following the Nord Stream 1 and 2 explosions as well as "unusually high" drone activity at Norwegian oil and gas installations, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr visited the Støre Sleipner A platform on Saturday.
"Traveling offshore is always special. Today was perhaps a little extra special", opened Equinor CEO Anders Opedal.
No threat information
Støre also repeated what he also said at another press conference on Friday:
"We have no information that there is a threat to us, but as the situation is now, it is wise and sensible to step up preparedness - and we are doing that", he said, and pointed to close cooperation with the companies operating on the Norwegian continental shelf...
14 Oct 2022 - Prime minister links drones over Norway to ‘hybrid threats’
“This is part of challenges from so-called ‘hybrid threats’ that can challenge preparedness and security,” Støre told news bureau NTB Friday afternoon. “We are following this closely.”
Støre also noted that the police are actively investigating drone sightings, the latest of which set off alarms Thursday night at state oil company Equinor’s huge gas processing plant at Kårstø between Haugesund and Stavanger.
[MRT: Is desinformation and planting of Red herrings a type of hybrid war? Post here]
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6 April 2023 - State actor involvement in Nord Stream pipeline attacks is 'main scenario', says Swedish investigator
There are certain companies that have certain special missions that mean they could, in theory, carry this out … We don’t rule out anything, but that it is a state actor who is directly or at least indirectly behind this is of course our absolute main scenario, given all the circumstances.
The people who did this have probably been aware that they would leave clues behind and probably took care so that the evidence would not point in one direction, but in several directions … That makes it difficult to clearly point to one actor.
[M: This hints that the investigation is checking relationship between several groups and who knew what at certain time. Then there is of course a deductive logic which points to just one perpetrator - the UK.]
"I don't want to comment on any specific report but I can conclude that many of the hot theories can be easily ruled out based on what we know from the investigation," he said.
[M: Same here, there are many Spin doctor theories, read here debunking them.]
Chief Nord Stream investigator Mats Ljungqvist speaks:
Same singular state-actor suspected on all sites.
Red herrings were planted
"Choice of explosive" excludes many actors.
Ljungqvist really emphasises last point.
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