Annex B.2
EXPANSION OF GAS IMPORT/STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE
| Details of Project
| Capacity | Year
|
| First stage expansion of Bacton-Zeebrugge pipeline
| 22mcm/d | 2005 |
| First stage of Isle of Grain LNG facility |
12mcm/d | 2005 |
| First gas from Humbly Grove storage facility
| 280mcm | 2005 |
| Langeled South pipeline expected to be operational
| Up to 70mcm/d | 2006 |
| Netherlands BBL pipeline expected to be operational
| 44mcm/d | 2006 |
| Second stage of Bacton-Zeebrugge pipeline |
19mcm/d | 2006 |
| Milford Haven LNG facility expected to be complete
| 16.5mcm/d | 2007 |
| First gas from Preesall storage facility |
200mcm* | 2007 |
| Aldbrough storage facility expected to be complete
| 420mcm | 2007 |
| Byley (Cheshire) storage facility aimed to be complete
| 170mcm | 2007 |
| Separate Milford Haven LNG facility to be complete
| Up to 54mcm/d | 2007 |
| Welton storage facility expected to be operational
| 420mcm | 2007 |
| Second stage of Isle of Grain LNG facility |
26mcm/d | 2007 |
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mcm/d = million cubic metres per day.
mcm = million cubic metres.
* when completed in 2010, Preesall will have a storage capacity
of 1.7bcm.
Please note that projects are at various stages of planning
or construction and are therefore subject to some uncertainty.
Also, the figures are approximations and are therefore subject
to change as estimates are revised as it becomes clearer what
the capability of each facility is.
By splitting these projects into (a) import facilities, where
some have associated storage, and (b) storage only facilities,
it is possible to estimate daily deliverability. If all the projects
listed above go ahead then, by 2007 there will be an import capability
of up to 219.5 mcm/d and a separate storage capability of up to
105mcm/d. According to the latest JESS report, the forecasted
average January (peak demand) in 2007-08 is approximately 420mcm
a day. Therefore if all the import facilities come on stream,
this equates to approximately 52% of demand over this period,
with significant further capacity made available through storage.
These facilities will provide greater security of supply through
a wider diversity of sources, leading to strong competition in
the market, and lower prices to the consumer.
Further details of these projects and their timing is contained
in the November 2004 Report of the Joint Energy Security of Supply
Group (JESS). JESS is a joint DTI/Ofgem group which monitors the
situation and provides information to ensure the market is aware
of developments and opportunities.
(Refers to para 6 of main text. These tables show that the
UK had the lowest gas prices in the UK except for an 18 month
period, July 2001 to December 2002).
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