Comments on: Bad News For UK Energy http://www.vitaltrivia.co.uk/2005/11/39 Trivial thoughts on vital subjects Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:18:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.1 by: Max Oakes http://www.vitaltrivia.co.uk/2005/11/39#comment-76 Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:15:13 +0000 http://www.vitaltrivia.co.uk/2005/11/39#comment-76 The problem with gas supply is certainly serious. It is not news because the media, government and even some in the industry don't understand the problem. North Sea Industry people say first that there were alot of maintenance shutdowns during the summer, to prevent problems in the tight winter to come, and after that lots of LNG will come on stream. The seasonal drop in supply is partly maintenance and partly depletion. Only the oil companies know whether production will recover for the winter, and even they don't know exactly. The LNG could theoretically be there by 2010 but it will be expencive and risky. Meantime pray for mild winters. The decline is set to continue beyond 2010. Its hard to make good news out of a story that is both complex and uncertain. It will only get the coverage it deserves when impacts are felt at which point none can deny the problem. I wouldn't fancy Gordon Brown's prospect of inheriting a collapsing economy. Max The problem with gas supply is certainly serious. It is not news because the media, government and even some in the industry don’t understand the problem.

North Sea Industry people say first that there were alot of maintenance shutdowns during the summer, to prevent problems in the tight winter to come, and after that lots of LNG will come on stream.

The seasonal drop in supply is partly maintenance and partly depletion. Only the oil companies know whether production will recover for the winter, and even they don’t know exactly.

The LNG could theoretically be there by 2010 but it will be expencive and risky. Meantime pray for mild winters. The decline is set to continue beyond 2010.

Its hard to make good news out of a story that is both complex and uncertain. It will only get the coverage it deserves when impacts are felt at which point none can deny the problem.

I wouldn’t fancy Gordon Brown’s prospect of inheriting a collapsing economy.

Max

]]> by: Chris Sweet http://www.vitaltrivia.co.uk/2005/11/39#comment-75 Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:43:59 +0000 http://www.vitaltrivia.co.uk/2005/11/39#comment-75 Chris, Along with you, I cannot understand why this is not headline news. I'm quiet suprised at those figures and I've been following peak oil for some time. Does this make this winters supply problems worse than anticipated by the why? One can see that 2 or 3 years of declines on this scale will leave us in a precarious position. Many thanks for breaking the news. Chris,
Along with you, I cannot understand why this is not headline news. I’m quiet suprised at those figures and I’ve been following peak oil for some time. Does this make this winters supply problems worse than anticipated by the why? One can see that 2 or 3 years of declines on this scale will leave us in a precarious position.

Many thanks for breaking the news.

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