PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Natural Gas: Storage (19 July 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will direct the Oil and Gas Authority under the provisions of the Energy Act 2016 to investigate the financial viability of gas storage operations in the UK.
Asked by:
Sir Alan Campbell (Labour)
Asked by:
Sir Alan Campbell (Labour)
Answer
It is not the role of the Oil and Gas Authority to conduct such an assessment. The Department has recently undertaken a full strategic assessment of our long-term gas security, and we will publish this in due course.
Answered by:
Lord Harrington of Watford (Non-affiliated)
5 September 2017
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