From the Guardian today:
The penny is dropping in government. Britain, even in rapid energy transition mode, will still need a lot of gas in the years ahead – and needs to know how the gas will arrive.
It could hardly be otherwise when there are 24m households with a gas connection, largely for heating, and the pace of heat pumps adoption is miserable. Last year gas comprised about a third of the UK’s overall energy needs. Though annual consumption is in decline, the days of peak use during a bleak midwinter can still be as high as ever.
The difficulty has been getting ministers to focus on the combination of declining North Sea volumes (about 40% of supply), skimpy levels of gas storage and limited capacity for importing the stuff via tanker. Until now, the default position under successive governments has been that the market will provide.
No mention of Scotland in the report and yet:
From Energy Statistics for Scotland – Q3 2025 published yesterday, latest figures, the above chart and:
Total gas consumption in Scotland in 2024 was 41.7 TWh. This is down 30.2% from the 2005-2007 baseline figure when 59.8 TWh of gas was consumed (the baseline is the average consumption from 2005-2007; Figure 1).
Gas consumption in the domestic sector in Scotland was 25.1 TWh in 2024. This is a 27.7% decrease compared to the 2005-2007 baseline when 34.7 TWh of gas was consumed (Figure 1).
In 2024, 16.6 TWh of gas was consumed in the non-domestic sector. This is down 33.6% compared to the 2005-2007 baseline when 25.1 TWh of gas was consumed (Figure 1).
Source: Sub-National Gas Consumption (published 18th December 2025)
Total gas consumption in Scotland in 2024 was down 2.4% compared to 2023 when 42.7 TWh of gas was consumed. The gas consumption decreased in both the domestic sector (0.2% decrease) and non-domestic sector (5.5% decrease; Figure 2).https://www.gov.scot/publications/energy-statistics-for-scotland-q3-2025/pages/gas-consumption/
How much gas was produced?
41.7 TWh used. How much produced? 180 – 200 TWh, so a trade surplus in one year of around 140 – 160 TWh. https://www.gov.scot/publications/oil-and-gas-production-statistics/
Scotland then producing up to 5 times its consumption.
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Scotland used to produce vastly MORE gas……then Ffoulksakia, Broonie, Col Ruthie, Spud Murphy and many more, all moved south to The South, leading to a BIG decline in gaseous emissions.
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