UK and Belgium in talks to pump up winter gas supplies

Energy minister Malcolm Wicks, National Grid and the industry’s regulator Ofgem are to hold a summit with their Belgian counterparts tomorrow to try to ensure that gas continues to flow to the UK this winter.

The UK relies on the Interconnector, a pipeline between the two countries, for most of its gas imports. But only about half the pipeline was filled with gas for most of last winter. This under-capacity helped push prices up to record levels.
The Independent