Brexit and Future UK Gas Security Conference | 26 February 2018

The secure and affordable supply of natural gas is an essential element of UK energy security. Today, the UK imports about half of its natural gas requirements and by the late 2020s import dependence could reach 70% or more. At present, the UK’s gas supply chain is managed by EU regulations and institutions relating to energy security, climate change and environmental policy. Brexit is coming at a time when there are already major challenges to the UK’s future gas security and uncertainty about the future role for natural gas in the national energy mix.

The ‘Future UK Gas Security Forum’ is funded by the University of Warwick’s ESRC Impact Accelerator Account and is a network comprised of academic, industry, policy making, Think-Tank and NGO experts and stakeholders involved in UK gas policy and the UK gas supply chain. In recent months, a closed group of academics from WBS (Warwick), OIES (Oxford) and UKERC met with energy professioanls from industry to consider the impact of Brexit upon future UK gas security.

This conference will allow forum members, and others, to present their views on the challenge of Brexit and future UK gas security to a wider audience that will consider the business and policy implications.

Agenda

09:00 Arrival and Registration
09:30 Session 1: Introductions and Overviews
10:30 Morning Coffee Break
11:00 Session 2: Upstream Security of Supply: Global Trends and UK Imports
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Session 3: Midstream Critical Infrastructures
15:00 Afternoon Coffee Break
15:30 Session 4: Brexit and the Future role of gas in the UK: Panel Discussion
16:30 Closing remarks & networking
17:00 Close

Session 1: Introductions and Overviews

• Gas security in a changing UK energy system - Jim Watson, UKERC
• A Supply Chain Approach to UK Gas Security: An Update - Dr. Mike Bradshaw, WBS

Session 2: Upstream Security of Supply: Global Trends and UK Imports

• Norwegian Gas Supply - Marshall Hall, OIES
• Dutch Challenges and European Gas Markets - Anouk Honoré, OIES
• Trends in Global LNG - David Ledesma, OIES and South Court Ltd
• Domestic Onshore Production - Corin Taylor, UKOOG

Session 3: Midstream Critical Infrastructures

• Preparing for Brexit on the Gas Transmission System - Mike Thorne, National Grid
• Interconnectors, achieving incremental SOS gains - Robert Sale, IUK
• UKCS Midstream Infrastructure - Andy Hessell, CATS-ML

Session 4: Brexit and the Future role of gas in the UK: Panel Discussion

Panellists

• David Elmes, Warwick Business School
• Jonathan Stern, OIES
• Mike Thorne, National Grid
• Chair: Mike Bradshaw

Please ensure to register for this event in advance to guarantee entry.

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