The Guardian ran an article today Centrica in talks with government over impact of Russia sanctions
The government talks centre on a big contract estimated to be worth hundreds of millions of pounds under which gas from Gazprom, which is owned by the Kremlin, is scheduled to start flowing into Britain in a matter of weeks, before peak winter demand. At the time of signing, Centrica described the deal as "helping to deliver UK energy security".
Gazprom's business operations in Britain have undergone huge if little publicised growth, but this could now be damaged because of a growing row and a round of EU and US sanctions against Russia following the annexation of Crimea and the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in Ukraine.
This article raises the point:
In Britain, it is also true that banning fracking would raise our emissions in the short term. Declining North Sea gas would be replaced by liquefied gas from places like Qatar. Liquefying gas for shipping across the world is horrendously energy-intensive, raising effective emissions by around a fifth.
