Natural gas has featured regularly in the news of late, with the wholesale price having more than doubled in 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The UK government has also reopened the controversial debate on fracking as a way of reducing natural gas imports.
Soaring energy prices have also led to bumper profits for the energy giants such as BP and Shell, which have embarked on multi-billion pound dividend and share buyback programmes to return excess cash to shareholders.
