Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 55907

Natural Gas: Storage

Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025

Question

Harriet Cross

ConservativeGordon and Buchan

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of gas storage capability in the UK in (a) cubic feet (or other appropriate unit of volume) and (b) days of average usage; what steps he is taking to inc

Answer

Michael Shanks
According to Ofgem’s annual publication, GB has eight gas storage sites with a combined maximum capacity of 3.2bcm – around 13 days of average (24/25) winter gas demand – and maximum deliverability of ~123mcm/day.Gas storage is an effective source of syst...

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