[Mutjake]

The gas was already off, so what would’ve the US exactly achieved with it, accounting for the non-trivial risk of getting caught?

[permo-w]

as far as I know, the gas was not off; massive quantities of gas were released. I recall reading about bubbles 1km in diameter

[skissane]

From what I understand, the pipe was full of mostly stationary gas - it wasn’t flowing at an economically significant rate. That is effectively “off”

[miguelazo]

Pressurized with methane, now released to the atmosphere. It was actually one of the greatest ecological crimes of the century.

[LargoLasskhyfv]

It depends.

See https://gcaptain.com/greenpeace-finds-north-sea-gas-leak-cau...

[MichaelCollins]

Keeping the gas off.