據海上工程師網2022年8月31日倫敦報道，英國石油和天然氣監管機構周二在倫敦表示，,總部位于伯克希爾溫莎的英國跨國公用事業公司森特理克（Centrica）位于英格蘭東海岸以外海域的Rough天然氣儲存設施已獲得所有監管部門的批準，可以重新開始儲存天然氣。

歐洲各國一直在冬季來臨之前建立天然氣庫存，為天然氣供應中斷做好準備，但自2018年Rough天然氣儲存設施關閉以來，英國的天然氣存儲能力非常有限。

英國北海轉型管理局（NSTA）表示，NSTA已批準和同意森特理克海上英國有限公司重新開放Rough天然氣儲存設施的第一階段儲氣。 

英國天然氣公司（BG）的母公司森特理克首席執行官克里斯·奧謝7月份曾表示，該公司正在進行必要的工程工作，以便使Rough天然氣儲存設施盡快重新開放。 

奧謝說，森特理克準備在這個項目上投資20億英鎊（23.3億美元）。

Rough天然氣儲存設施此前提供了英國70%的天然氣儲存量。 

奧謝7月份曾說，如果Rough天然氣儲存設施在去年冬天開放，每年可以為英國家庭節省大約100英鎊的能源賬單。 

李峻 編譯自 油價網

原文如下：

UK Allows Centrica to Reopen Rough Gas Storage Facility

Centrica's Rough gas storage site off England's east coast has received all the regulatory approvals to start storing gas again, Britain's oil and gas regulator said on Tuesday.

Countries across Europe have been building gas stocks ahead of winter to prepare for disruptions to supply of Russian gas, but Britain has had very little storage capacity since Rough's closure in 2018.

Britain's North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) said it had granted the required approvals and consents to Centrica Offshore UK Limited for Phase 1 of the Rough gas storage site.

Centrica's Chief Executive Chris O'Shea said last month the company was carrying out the necessary engineering work to enable the site to reopen. 

It would be prepared to invest 2 billion pounds ($2.33 billion) in the project, he said.

The Rough site previously provided about 70% of Britain's gas storage capacity. 

Had the site been open last winter, it could have saved households about 100 pounds on their annual energy bills, O'Shea said last month.