April 19 (LNGJ) - The UK’s North Sea Transition Authority has offered a 10-year licence to a company called dCarbonX to store natural gas in the depleted Bains Gas Field in the East Irish Sea. “Redeveloping Bains for gas storage could deliver a storage capacity equivalent to three to four days' supply for the UK with injection potentially starting in 2028,” said the Authority.
The Bains gas field is in UK Block 110 and located about 17 miles (27km) west of Blackpool in northwest England. UK utility Centrica had developed it as a subsea tieback to the South Morecambe Field. The gas was transported through a subsea pipeline to the gas terminal at Barrow-in-Furness but production ceased in 2017.
