PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Natural Gas: Shortages (5 March 2018)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to prevent gas shortages.
Asked by:
Anna McMorrin (Labour)
Asked by:
Anna McMorrin (Labour)
Answer
Great Britain benefits from highly diverse and flexible sources of gas supply, including domestic production, pipelines from Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands, and liquefied natural gas terminals which can bring in gas from anywhere in the world.
Gas security in the UK is provided by ensuring that these diverse sources have volumes available sufficiently in excess of peak demand to cope with shocks, and system flexibility to respond quickly to those shocks.
Analysis shows GB supplies can meet gas demand even under severe weather conditions for an extended period of time.
Answered by:
Claire Perry (Conservative)
8 March 2018
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