Times they is Worryin

It does read that the existing pipework and wells have in the common parlance 'had it' so attempts to run it this winter will be low pressure and lower peak flow. But there already is a 4 year £1.6billion plan to drill new wells and lay new piping on the ocean floor - originally published  in 2021-  that was assuming we would eventually transition to using  it for storage of hydrogen generated by electrolysis during  windfarm over-production. I assume that the initial  steps in that refurbishment  plan, namely lay new pipes, drill new holes and dump cement in the leaky ones will be the same steps required to use it to store methane at pressure again.

there has also been talk of using captured CO2 as a cushion to raise the production pressure, and double up as CO2 storage.

I agree with the tone though - running it this winter before any of that has been done is an example of  'bangernomics' possibly in more than one sense if the wrong decision is called.

Mike.

It does read that the existing pipework and wells have in the common parlance 'had it' so attempts to run it this winter will be low pressure and lower peak flow. But there already is a 4 year £1.6billion plan to drill new wells and lay new piping on the ocean floor - originally published  in 2021-  that was assuming we would eventually transition to using  it for storage of hydrogen generated by electrolysis during  windfarm over-production. I assume that the initial  steps in that refurbishment  plan, namely lay new pipes, drill new holes and dump cement in the leaky ones will be the same steps required to use it to store methane at pressure again.

there has also been talk of using captured CO2 as a cushion to raise the production pressure, and double up as CO2 storage.

I agree with the tone though - running it this winter before any of that has been done is an example of  'bangernomics' possibly in more than one sense if the wrong decision is called.

Mike.