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Gateway OnShore
Non-Technical Summary
Gateway OffShore
Non-Technical Summary
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Gateway OnShoreNon-Technical Summary
Gateway OffShoreNon-Technical Summary
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The Gateway Project
Gateway Storage Company Ltd plans to build an underground natural gas storage facility in the East Irish Sea, approximately 25 km (15 miles) offshore, south west of Barrow-in-Furness. Storage caverns will be developed in a natural salt structure below the seabed and will enable gas to be delivered, stored and then returned the UK´s national transmission system.
The offshore facility will provide a significant boost to the security of energy supply in the UK gas market and will help
to meet the strategic energy policy objectives of the UK government. When completed, the caverns will have a working capacity of 1.14 billion cubic meters (~420 million therms), adding nearly 25% to the current gas storage capacity in the UK market .
Gateway Storage Company Ltd plans to build an underground natural gas storage facility in the East Irish Sea, approximately 25 km (15 miles) offshore, south west of Barrow-in-Furness. Storage caverns will be developed in a natural salt structure below the seabed and will enable gas to be delivered, stored and then returned the UK´s national transmission system.
The offshore facility will provide a significant boost to the security of energy supply in the UK gas market and will help
to meet the strategic energy policy objectives of the UK government. When completed, the caverns will have a working capacity of 1.14 billion cubic meters (~420 million therms), adding nearly 25% to the current gas storage capacity in the UK market .
is managed by UK energy firm
Stag Energy.
The need for Gas Storage
Over the past 40 years, the UK has become reliant on gas for a major portion of its energy supply. This situation has evolved as the UK had plentiful, low cost supplies of gas that were easy to access from the North Sea and the Irish Sea.
These reserves are now declining and the UK is increasingly dependent on gas imports, mainly from sources such as Norway, Russia and the Middle East. It is predicted that by 2015, over 80% of the UK’s gas needs will be met by imported gas. more...
Over the past 40 years, the UK has become reliant on gas for a major portion of its energy supply. This situation has evolved as the UK had plentiful, low cost supplies of gas that were easy to access from the North Sea and the Irish Sea.
These reserves are now declining and the UK is increasingly dependent on gas imports, mainly from sources such as Norway, Russia and the Middle East. It is predicted that by 2015, over 80% of the UK’s gas needs will be met by imported gas. more...