Facing a “perfect storm” of energy supply crisis, the UK government has been forced to import gas from Russia, despite London’s role in a series of strict sanctions that were supposed to cripple the Russian energy industry.
The first natural gas shipment from the £20 billion Yamal LNG project in the Russian Arctic, which Russian President Vladimir Putin personally opened last week, is already on its way to the Isle of Grain import terminal in Kent, the media reported Wednesday.
The UK is currently dealing with severe wintry weather that has sparked flood alerts across the country while forcing schools to close for three days in some parts.
This and the shutdown of the North Sea’s most important oil and gas pipeline system due to an explosion at a major processing facility in Austria on Monday have sent the gas prices to their highest levels over the past six years.
The supply issues are also seen at other major facilities such as…