UK at mercy of global gas market as giant storage site shuts
London
ALREADY buffeted by political chaos at home and abroad, the UK gas market must now operate without its biggest stabilising force: the giant Rough gas storage facility under the North Sea.
The planned permanent shutdown of the Centrica plc site, able to meet 10 per cent of peak demand in winter, means Britain is becoming even more reliant on imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) or pipeline fuel from Russia and Norway. That sets up the possibility that traders would have to outbid Japan, the world's biggest LNG buyer, and others to keep millions of homes warm.
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