Britain to pump up gas supplies to EU - media

Britain will have enough gas supply to meet demand from April to September, and will even ship more gas to Europe due to low storage levels there.

That’s according to Reuters.

National Grid expects gas exports to the EU to grown from April to September, when underground storage facilities begin to fill up ahead of winter.

Britain can export gas to Europe via interconnectors, and National Grid expects UK average exports to Europe at 5.4 bcm, up from 0.7 bcm last summer period.

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Liquefied natural gas (LNG) will become more important than ever this summer, the grid operator said. It expects LNG supply to average 6.4 bcm this summer, compared to 5.1 bcm last summer.

Britain only gets around 3% of its gas from Russia, while the European Union relies on Russia for around 40% of its needs. Several European countries have said they are reducing reliance on Russian gas in the wake of the war in Ukraine.