Scholz turns to UK to sign ‘mutually beneficial’ deal to share gas to prevent blackouts

While the UK does not import gas from Russia, it has been severely hit by the crisis because of how heavily it depends on natural gas for heating. Meanwhile, Britain also has some of Europe’s lowest gas storage capacity. 

Over the past few months, Berlin has imported large quantities of natural gas, fearing a potential winter cut-off, and as a result, Germany was able to shore up a record 99.4 percent of its storage tanks. 

Mr Müller said he was increasingly confident Germany had “a good chance” of making it through winter without being forced to ration supplies, “thanks to imports from Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands and France”

“If we manage to stick to the 20 percent savings target as a minimum, have an average winter temperature and no unexpected events in our neighbouring countries, then Germany has a chance – and by now I would say a good chance – to get through the winter without shortages. But to get there will still require an unrelenting effort.”

Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1694194/scholz-germany-uk-post-brexit-gas-deal-blackouts-russia-ukraine-war-rishi