It is more likely to be used as a slow producer, just gently running it down, perhaps to smooth our the ripples between LNG delivery ships.
Oh for the halycon days when gas and oil flowed out from the sea faster then we could burn it and we had great wealth from exports and could have done anything with it. 
ah. oh dear.

Mike.

We have had 40+ years to deal with the end of oil and gas.  Successive governments have ignored the issue and fossil fuel companies have pushed disinformation and lobbing.

My guess is both oil and gas will gradually get more expensive as they become scarcer.  So nuclear rehabs must be made urgently like yesterday.

New housing must be fully insulated with solar panel tiling replacing ceramic or clay tiles.  Houses to be designed to run off a 48 to 55 volt DC battery as grid electric charging power will be intermittent only. 

The technical challenge is how to get Sahara solar power to us economically.

My guess is both oil and gas will gradually get more expensive as they become scarcer.  So nuclear rehabs must be made urgently like yesterday.

New housing must be fully insulated with solar panel tiling replacing ceramic or clay tiles.  Houses to be designed to run off a 48 to 55 volt DC battery as grid electric charging power will be intermittent only. 

The technical challenge is how to get Sahara solar power to us economically.