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UK has eight days worth of gas usage in storage
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Author:  pcernie [ Tue Jan 05, 2010 5:28 pm ]
Post subject:  UK has eight days worth of gas usage in storage
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8441782.stm

While it's definitely scaremongering, it's hardly an ideal situation by the sound of it either :?
Author:  Linux_User [ Tue Jan 05, 2010 6:59 pm ]
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Quote:
"There is no risk of consumers being cut off. The system has in fact been responding extremely well. Britain has a vast amount of storage - it's called the North Sea,"


I hate to agree with the government, but hear hear. :shock:
Author:  adidan [ Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:04 pm ]
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Don't believe a word of it.

If the Tories are running true to form, like yesterday, by this time tomorrow they'll be saying we have 20 years worth.
Author:  F_A_F [ Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:41 pm ]
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^^^^^
...is happy with a wood burning stove :)
Author:  adidan [ Tue Jan 05, 2010 9:36 pm ]
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I love open fires. :D
Author:  big_D [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 7:15 am ]
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Wood and oil here... Enough wood for a winter in the lean-to out back and enough oil for at least a year fits in the tanks und the cellar. 8-)
Author:  MrStevenRogers [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 8:34 am ]
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under thatcher all storage of gas supplies were sold off
they must rely on the storage that is available within the pipeline network

the same applied to water storeage
sell then drain the reservoirs (for housing development) and rely on pipeline storage

that's why we can not, or unable to, store gas and water …
Author:  belchingmatt [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:06 am ]
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Linux_User wrote:
Quote:
"There is no risk of consumers being cut off. The system has in fact been responding extremely well. Britain has a vast amount of storage - it's called the North Sea,"


I hate to agree with the government, but hear hear. :shock:


I wouldn't call the North Sea a store as the gas is not readily available. It has to be produced rather than distributed and iirc we don't produce as much as we use.
Author:  JJW009 [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 9:31 am ]
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belchingmatt wrote:
I wouldn't call the North Sea a store as the gas is not readily available. It has to be produced rather than distributed and iirc we don't produce as much as we use.

I believe it's running out fast, and we're net importers since about 2006.

I imagine gas storage is fairly expensive, but this isn't the first story suggesting we don't have enough. I remember stories a while back saying that many countries have months of storage. When prices peak, this enables them to stop importing until the price drops again.
Author:  Coref [ Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:06 am ]
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Didn't they build some massive gas storage tanks near Milford Haven?
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