It's fine, Putin was 'generous' enough to install some extra pipe work for just such an occasion I gather...

I shall do what I can to help.

Pass the sprouts.

It's fine, Putin was 'generous' enough to install some extra pipe work for just such an occasion I gather...

seems as if some countries objected and the replacement pipeline and pump houses where not connected

On Radio 4 today they were saying there were plenty of reserves.

But feel free to panic.

seems as if some countries objected and the replacement pipeline and pump houses where not connected

aha! - the identity of our mystery poet is revealed!

Dont care. Ive only got eleccy anyway.

the scottish pipeline has a leak

I thought that was an oil pipeline. Do they produce gas from it too?

Just oil

Better put another log on the wood burner then.

not only is it just an oil pipe line but its not leaking - its cracked.

Gas is extracted from the crude oil at grangemouth refinery, 40% of the uks needs is supplied by this old pipe.

I'm not seeing any panicking, people. C'mon! Someone start looting already!

It would be utter chaos in hospitals and such like so I can't believe it would be "allowed" to get to that level.

I've made a shopping list for tomorrow and milk and bread are on it- does that count as panic? Can't help with the looting bit though, soz.

Dont care. Ive only got eleccy anyway.

Gas fired power stations. You need to hope it's windy.

does that count as panic?

Come back to me when you've resorted to drinking out of the toilet.

Come back to me when you've resorted to drinking out of the toilet.

if we must...

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[quote=project ]Gas is extracted from the crude oil at grangemouth refinery, 40% of the uks needs is supplied by this old pipe.

Ah. I wondered if it was something like that.

Not in our house there won't, not once we get started on the sprouts

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Gas is extracted from the crude oil at grangemouth refinery, 40% of the uks needs is supplied by this old pipe.

Radio reports I heard were that the cracked pipe carried 40% of Uk gas production. But the UK produces 45% of gas consumed with the rest being imported. So the broken pipe effects around 18% of UK needs.

https://www.britishgas.co.uk/the-source/our-world-of-energy/energys-grand-journey/where-does-uk-gas-come-from

I thought that was an oil pipeline. Do they produce gas from it too?
Just oil

It’s a bit more complicated than that. Most of the oil producers also export gas but via different pipelines, trouble is that if you can’t export liquids then it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to export gas. This number of fields being offline creates significant additional difficulties that aren’t immediately apparent.

I do have to congratulate bp on their magnificent timing selling the pipeline as they did.

Gas fired power stations. You need to hope it's windy.

Strap a politician to every wind turbine?

There is gas in the (Crude) oil pipe I know this as I work at the refinery at the Grangemouth end. (It is an oil pipe but gas is naturally entrained in crude oil which is separated at Grangemouth).

Yes it contains some gas too. Everyone is mixing up various stats.

I did wonder briefly if INEOS were just testing flexing their muscle a bit, they've previously proved the have the government by the short and curlies after all... if not then yes BP must be breathing a sigh of relief.

It's a shame most infrastructure isn't on these online maps, it's fascinating what's out there https://www.ogauthority.co.uk/data-centre/interactive-maps-and-tools/