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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

Great Britain has only two days of gas stored, while Iran war threatens to disrupt supplies

A Qatari liquid natural gas (LNG) tanker ship being loaded up
A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas. The Iran war has disrupted shipping. Photograph: AP

Great Britain has only two days of fossil gas stored after a decline in energy reserves, as more tankers carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) are diverted from their course to Europe towards Asia because of the Iran war.

Great Britain had 6,999 gigawatt hours (GWh) of fossil gas stored on Saturday, according to figures from National Gas, which owns and operates the gas national transmission system. This compares with 9,105 GWh a year earlier.

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