Centrica pumps gas from Rough 貯蔵 into UK grid as 需要・要求する rises
LONDON, Nov 28 (Reuters) - British Gas owner Centrica has 解放（する）d 蓄える／店d gas from its largest 貯蔵 施設 into the 国家の grid for the first time this winter, it said on Tuesday, 捜し出すing to manage rising heating 需要・要求する and 含む／封じ込める prices.
The Rough 場所／位置, a 使い果たすd gas field off England's east coast, stopped 蓄える／店ing gas in 2017 but was 再開するd by Centrica in October last year and now 供給するs half of the UK´s total gas 貯蔵 capacity.
Centrica, which has filled Rough with the 同等（の） of 18 LNG タンカーs this year, said the 場所／位置 供給するs enough energy to heat more than 3 million homes every day during winter.
"顧客s are struggling with high energy 法案s, which are driven by international energy prices. Gas 貯蔵 is 決定的な to 確実にする the UK can manage 需要・要求する 効果的に, keeping prices 負かす／撃墜する," said Centrica CEO Chris O´Shea.
Countries across Europe have been building gas 在庫／株s ahead of winter because ロシアの gas pipeline 供給（する） has dwindled since the start of the war in ウクライナ共和国.
While Britain has diverse gas 供給（する）s 含むing 関係s with Norway and other European countries, in 新規加入 to three LNG 輸入する 終点s, it still has some of the lowest levels of gas 貯蔵 in Europe at 12 days on 普通の／平均（する） and 7.5 頂点（に達する） winter days. Germany 普通の／平均（する）s 89 days of 蓄える／店d gas, with フラン at 103 days and the Netherlands 123 days.
"I´m proud of the 活動／戦闘s our team has taken over the last 18 months, 含むing our 決定／判定勝ち（する） to bring Rough 支援する online, to underpin the UK´s energy 安全," O'Shea said.
"However, we still have the lowest levels of energy 貯蔵 of the world´s major economies, with the ability to 蓄える／店 より小数の than eight days of 頂点（に達する） winter 需要・要求する - and this leaves us suscept ible to shocks in international markets."
Centrica has said that Rough can balance the British energy system in the short 称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 by 蓄える／店ing gas when there is a 黒字／過剰 and then 身を引く gas when needed during 冷淡な snaps and 頂点（に達する） 需要・要求する.
The long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 目的（とする） is to turn the Rough field into the largest long-範囲 energy 貯蔵 施設 in Europe, 有能な of 蓄える／店ing both natural gas and hydrogen, through 投資 of about 2 billion 続けざまに猛撃するs ($2.53 billion) to quadruple its size. ($1 = 0.7903 続けざまに猛撃するs)
(報告（する）／憶測ing by Marwa Rashad Editing by David Goodman)
