Natural Gas: Storage
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps are being taken to help increase gas storage capacity.
Answered by Michael Shanks
The UK benefits from diverse gas supply sources, including North Sea production, pipeline imports from Europe, three LNG terminals, and eight storage facilities. This limits our reliance on any one type of infrastructure - in winter 24/25, gas storage was used to provide ~8% of the total gas used by GB. We are confident this diverse portfolio will continue to meet the country’s energy needs.
However, the Government does recognise that the energy transition may change future infrastructure requirements. We recently consulted on options to safeguard gas security of supply, including measures to encourage investment in additional storage capacity if needed. A response will follow in due course.
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