As far as gas is concerned we have gone from the stuff coming out from the north sea faster than we could possibly burn it, a situation last seen in the early 2000s, to a situation where we need to import to cover the shortfall for several months of the year.  Of course building storage and so forth made no sense when we were exporting a surplus,  and the transition from exporter to importer needs us to perform a serious re-thinking about what is worth doing - like how much storage we need and what it is worth.. And longer term to make a transition to  consumption of energy made by something else.

I must admit I'm always surprise at the figures involved  at Rough,- 3000 PSI (reduced from 3500 PSI to reduce stresses) and 3 billion cubic metres  re-inflates to a lot of gas at 20 millibar over atmospheric,

There are no other storage facilities that come near it in terms of capacity in the UK. Deborah could have done but has not actually been configured for storage after all.

I suspect the cost of repair/refit at Rough is now becoming  smaller relative to  the cost of filling it.

Mike.

Report on Rough field

As far as gas is concerned we have gone from the stuff coming out from the north sea faster than we could possibly burn it, a situation last seen in the early 2000s, to a situation where we need to import to cover the shortfall for several months of the year.  Of course building storage and so forth made no sense when we were exporting a surplus,  and the transition from exporter to importer needs us to perform a serious re-thinking about what is worth doing - like how much storage we need and what it is worth.. And longer term to make a transition to  consumption of energy made by something else.

I must admit I'm always surprise at the figures involved  at Rough,- 3000 PSI (reduced from 3500 PSI to reduce stresses) and 3 billion cubic metres  re-inflates to a lot of gas at 20 millibar over atmospheric,

There are no other storage facilities that come near it in terms of capacity in the UK. Deborah could have done but has not actually been configured for storage after all.

I suspect the cost of repair/refit at Rough is now becoming  smaller relative to  the cost of filling it.

Mike.

Report on Rough field