Belgium’s gas reserves have fallen sharply in recent days. Maintenance work at the LNG terminal in Zeebrugge has forced energy suppliers and other players to eat into reserves. This is what is written The Time cand sell.
After months of massive resupply, the level of Belgium’s gas reserves has fallen rapidly in recent days. In a few days, almost 500 gigawatt hours of gas were withdrawn from storage at Loenhout, which represents more than 5% of the total capacity.
While our country’s gas reserves were still more than 91% full last Friday, they are now at 86%. On Wednesday, more gas was extracted from storage in one day than during the past winter. With an extraction of 136 gigawatt hours, users even approached the maximum achievable.
The Fluxys operator declares to The time that what is happening in Loenhout is “perfectly normal”. The reason for this sudden plunge is to be found on the sea side. Since last Friday, maintenance work has been taking place at the LNG terminal in the port of Zeebrugge. This is a scheduled maintenance that will continue throughout the week.