UK LNG Imports  

It appear my weekend post that the UK is an LNG importer was (slightly) premature - they only started today. The linked report also talks about the problems Shell is encountering with its gas developments on Sakhalin island (offshore eastern Siberia).

The era of the domination of North Sea gas comes to an end tonight when a tanker berths at National Grid's new £130 million terminal on the Isle of Grain, Kent. The ship, above, is carrying 31 million cubic metres of liquid natural gas from Algeria - enough to supply 47,000 homes for a year. As North Sea supplies start to dwindle, Britain will depend more on dearer LNG from areas such as Egypt and Algeria.