Does uk really need this, we seemed to have managed so far without it and as each day passes the case for it must reduce.
This to me is just part of the FF industry sensing the oppurtunity to frack and oil and gas advancement and while they are at it the cost can be born by the taxpayer whilst the industry makes the profit. They must think we are desperate or something.
Section 4: Gas
Addy Mettrick 0300 068 5885
oil-gas.statistics@beis.gov.uk
Key headlines
Quarter 1 2022 saw gas demand fall by 12 per cent in comparison with quarter 1 2021. This reflected
reduced domestic consumption following a rise in average temperatures, the removal of most Covid-19
restrictions, and a considerable fall in gas used for electricity generation due to increased renewable output.
Gas production increased by 5 per cent, compared to the previous year when delayed maintenance took
place. However, gas production remains lower than pre-pandemic levels.
LNG imports increased by nearly 50 per cent as UK regasification infrastructure was used to feed
European gas supply. The UK has the second largest regasification infrastructure for LNG in Europe after
Spain. Therefore, the UK played a key role in supplying gas to Europe in quarter 1 2022.
Gas exports more than doubled in quarter 1 2022, as interconnectors with Belgium and the Netherlands
were utilised to export gas to mainland Europe. This reduced interconnector capacity for pipeline imports to
the UK, resulting in a 22 per cent decrease in net imports in comparison with quarter 1 2021.