Energy/Business politics: Gas storage capacity

[AE-NMidlands]

https://www.theguardian.com/business/ni ... as-storage:

Steel was a security risk. What about UK gas storage?
The government refused to allow steel furnaces to be turned off. Should it be happy with just six days of stored gas?
he government was not prepared to see British Steel turn off its furnaces, deeming them to be a critical asset for national security. So what is its security view on the UK’s capacity to store gas? In a time of trade wars, disrupted supply chains and suspected Russian sabotage in the Baltic Sea, are ministers happy for the country to go into next winter with only half the volume of stored gas of recent years?

and lots more...

[smegal]

That's sounding like an argument for increasing domestic supply.

[AE-NMidlands]

That's sounding like an argument for increasing domestic supply.

I thought it was saying that (although the N Sea is pretty well exhausted) if we need gas (including as an electricity generation back-up) then not having a decent reserve is a bit short-sighted. Interconnectors, pipelines and Just in Time gas deliveries might all be vulnerable in the case of covert or even overt hostilities... Would 6 days be enough?

[Ken]

Whats the problem, the proof of the pudding .....
"After all, the facility was closed between 2017 and 2022, and the UK coped even during the “beast from the east” episode of plunging temperatures in 2018."

I am dubious that our storage is as little as the article says and since then our gas use has declined a lot