UK Finding Underground Gas Storage Solutions

摘要

The United Kingdom's increasing dependence on imported gas means that more gas storage facilities will be needed as soon as possible to avert the problems of fluctuating supply. Last winter was unusually mild and there was no fear of gas shortages, but there was a brief scare in the winter of 2005-06 when a spat between Russia and the Ukraine appeared to threaten the continuity of supplies to Europe for a while.rnThe British government is encouraging oil and gas operators to invest in storage schemes, and in December last year energy minister Lord Truscott announced that £10rnbillion is being spent on gas storage infrastructure in the period 2005-2010. Most of this will be for the development of underground storage space, both in depleted oil and gas reservoirs and in solution-mined salt caverns.