How much gas did the UK import in 1H2013 and where did it come from?

The UK imported a record 1tcf of gas in the first half of 2013 which was 9.3 percent above the same period the previous year. A key pipeline was closed in late March causing a price spike. 81% of imports come via pipelines from Norway and Holland, with just under 20% coming in the form of LNG primarily from Qatar and a small volume from Algeria.

In Algeria, the national oil and gas company, Sonatrach, dominates the hydrocarbon sector. Crude oil production in Algeria averaged 1.25 million bpd in 2012. (This is still less than the peak production in the UK which was 2.5 million bpd in 1986).