National Gas insists storage broadly in line with levels for time of year despite disruption for tankers carrying LNG

Great Britain has only two days of fossil gas stored after a decline in energy reserves, as more tankers carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) are diverted from their course to Europe towards Asia because of the Iran war.

Great Britain had 6,999 gigawatt hours (GWh) of fossil gas stored on Saturday, according to figures from National Gas, which owns and operates the gas national transmission system. This compares with 9,105 GWh a year earlier.

Maximum capacity is 12 days of gas, and current storage levels equate to under two days of reserves, leading to concerns that Great Britain could run out of gas if the crisis in the Middle East escalates further.

  • Tomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    17·
    8 hours ago

    So is this a lie then?

    A spokesperson for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero said: “It is categorically untrue that the UK only has access to two days of gas supply. We have a diverse energy mix and are confident in our security of supply.

    • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netEnglish
      101·
      8 hours ago

      Those are not mutually exclusive statements. One talks about gas reserves actually stored right now. If all gas supply gets cut off UK will run out of gas in 2 days. If gas supply drops they only have these reserves to help them offset this while they look for new sources.

      The spokesperson says they have access to more supplies. This can mean they have ships and pipelines delivering them more gas all the time and that they have those supplies secured for more than two days. He says that sources this gas are diverse and that they are not worried about this being disrupted.