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Blue Peter on October 4, 2006 - 7:26am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
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although no gas will flow for 12 months
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Why is this the case? I gather that yesterday's (3rd Oct) negative gas price was due to gas flowing through the pipe (a test), so what is to stop it being used in anger, as it were?

Peter.

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ziz on October 5, 2006 - 1:26pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
This is slightly confusing I admit. Gas flowed throught the pipe at full pressure for testing purposes, from the Norwegian coastal pumping station. The Gas field Ormen Lange will not be flowing commercially until next October. You have of course read all the PR guff indicating that all our energy security concerns are over that the press re-cycle.

Go to the Norsk Link above and you will find a lot of very detailed information about the development of the field, the pipeline etc.,

The story about excess gas and zero prices etc., reflects of course the lamentable state of gas storage available in the UK more than the mild weather - reduced demand.

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