Copenhagen, 15 October 2022 (dpa/MIA) - Gas can no longer be seen escaping from the damaged Nord Stream pipelines, according to the Swedish coastguard on Friday, after flying over the affected waters to assess the situation. Europe relies heavily on Russia for energy and the Baltic Sea pipelines were built to transport Russian gas. However, they were not actually delivering at the time, due to the war in Ukraine and a stand-off over supplies. The gas leak in the Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone was no longer visible, the Swedish coastguard announced, following assessments on Thursday and Friday. On Wednesday officials had said they could still see evidence that gas was bubbling out from the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, creating a water disturbance measuring about 10 metres. The observations follow blasts in late September that caused gas to flow out of four leaks in the pipelines - two in Swedish waters, two in Danish waters. The unexplained incidents, widely thought to have been caused by sabotage, are being investigated and come amid sky-high tensions between Europe and Russia over the war in Ukraine. The Danish authorities said earlier this month that they did not think gas was still leaking from the parts of the pipeline in their economic zone that were damaged. Russia has dismissed the suggestion that it was involved in the blasts as absurd and has demanded it be included in investigations.