North Sea gas maintenance schedule: Adds Greater Britannia outage - XLE News | Rallies
North Sea gas maintenance schedule: Adds Greater Britannia outage X XLE • 2026-08-06 North Sea gas maintenance schedule Aug. 6 (Reuters) - The following is a schedule of maintenance work on gas infrastructure, mainly in the North Sea.
The table is arranged by outage start date.
Volumes are in standard million cubic metres per day (mcm/d) or gigawatt-hours per day (GWh/d) unless otherwise indicated.
Operator Location Outage dates Outage description/impact 2021 outages Fluxys Interconnector Jul 6, 0600 CET - Mar 31, 2028 0600 CET UK import capacity reduction to 31,392,673 kWh/h; unplanned equipment maintenance
2025 outages
INEOS FPS system 4Q (25 November) Train 3 TAR has commenced with a current forecast duration of twelve (12) weeks
Gassco St Fergus Jun 08, 0600 CET - Aug 15, 0600 CET 18.8 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Gassco Nyhamna Jul 04, 0600 CET - Sep 24, 0600 CET 19.8 mcm/d; planned corrective maintenance
TAQA UGS Bergermeer Jul 13, 0400 CET - Aug 18, 0400 CET 38 GWh/d; compressor station unavailability
TAQA UGS Bergermeer Jul 19, 0400 CET - Aug 18, 0400 CET 115 GWh/d; compression station unavailability
TAQA UGS Bergermeer Jul 30, 0400 CET - Aug 18, 0400 CET 118 GWh/d; compression station unavailability
Harbour Energy + Greater Britannia Jul 31, 0100 BST - Aug 06, 0700 BST 7 mcm/d; planned gas production field unavailability
Perenco Bacton Aug 01, 0600 BST - Aug 20, 0600 BST 8.8 mcm/d; planned maintenance shutdown
Serica Energy UK St Fergus Aug 01, 0600 BST - Sep 05, 1200 BST 4.1 mcm/d; planned gas production field unavailability
SSE Aldbrough Aug 03, 0500 BST - Aug 11, 1800 BST 0.41 TWh; planned storage unavailability
Shell St Fergus Aug 04, 1200 BST - Aug 06, 1200 BST 3 mcm/d; planned other unavailability
TAQA # UGS Bergermeer Aug 04, 0400 CET - Aug 20, 0400 CET 108 GWh/d; gas treatment plant unavailability
TAQA UGS Bergermeer Aug 07, 0400 CET - Aug 18, 0500 CET 118 GWh/d; compressor station unavailability
Total EP UK Bacton SEAL (Elgin Franklin) Aug 03, 0600 BST - Aug 07, 1200 BST 4.4 mcm/d; due to planned maintenance at the Bacton Terminal, Elgin Franklin exports will stop
Spirit Energy # Barrow (North Terminal) Aug 03, 1200 BST - Aug 23, 0600 BST 6 mcm/d; unplanned gas treatment plant unavailability
TAQA UGS Bergermeer Aug 17, 0400 BST - Aug 18, 0400 BST 118 GWh/d; compressor station unavailability
SSE Aldbrough Aug 11, 0500 BST - Aug 20, 1800 BST 0.41 TWh; planned storage unavailability
TAQA # UGS Bergermeer Aug 20, 0400 BST - Oct 03, 0400 BST 185 GWh/d; gas treatment plant unavailability
Gassco Sleipner Aug 28, 0600 CET - Sep 22, 0600 CET 13.1 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Gassco Kollsnes Aug 12, 0600 CET - Sep 22, 0600 CET 16.0-40.0 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Gassco Troll Aug 22, 0600 CET - Aug 23, 0600 CET 8.4 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
NSMP TGPP Aug 23, 18 days Planned maintenance
Gassco Troll Aug 26, 0600 CET - Aug 28, 0600 CET 10 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Gassco Kollsnes Aug 29, 0600 CET - Sep 06, 0600 CET 40 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Gassco Troll Aug 29, 0600 CET - Sep 07, 0600 CET 18 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Scottish Power Hatfield Apr 30, 0700 BST - Aug 31, 0500 BST 20 GWh/d; planned withdrawal unavailability
Perenco Bacton Sep 01, 0600 BST - Sep 24, 0600 BST 8 mcm/d; planned maintenance shutdown
Fluxys Interconnector Sep 01 - Sep 20 Planned maintenance shutdown
Gassco Easington Sep 01, 0600 CET - Sep 02, 0600 CET 42.7 mcm/d; yearly ESD test
SSE Atwick Sep 01, 0500 BST - Sep 08, 1800 BST 30 GWh/d; planned injection unavailability
Humbly Energy Humbly Grove Sep 02, 0500 BST - Sep 17, 0459 BST 89 GWh/d; annual maintenance
Gassco Troll Sep 07, 0600 CET - Sep 19, 0600 CET 13.2 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Gassco Kollsnes Sep 06, 0600 CET - Sep 19, 0600 CET 26.0 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Gassco Troll Sep 21, 0600 CET - Sep 22, 0600 CET 12.0 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
SSE Aldbrough Sep 12, 0500 BST - Sep 25, 1800 BST 0.43 TWh; planned outage, Ald. 7 maintenance & intervention
Gassco Aasta Hansteen Sep 15, 0600 CET - Sep 17, 0600 CET 16.1 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Gassco Nyhamna Sep 15, 0600 CET - Sep 22, 0600 CET 51.8 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Gassco Aasta Hansteen Feb 13, 0600 CET - Sep 21, 0600 CET 17.4 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Gassco Kollsnes Sep 21, 0600 CET - Sep 22, 0600 CET 40 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Gassco Kårstø Sep 22, 0600 CET - Sep 26, 0600 CET 19.6 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Gassco Aasta Hanstenn Sep 23, 0600 CET - Sep 25, 0600 CET 17.3 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Gassco Asgard Sep 23, 0600 CET - Sep 24, 0600 CET 26.9 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Gassco Kristin Sep 23, 0600 CET - Sep 29, 0600 CET 12.2 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Gassco Zeebrugge Sep 21, 0600 CET - Sep 25, 0600 CET 21.1 mcm/d upstream restriction
Gassco Skarv Sep 23, 1328 CET - Sep 24, 0600 CET 22.4 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
BBL company BBL pipeline Sep 30, 0600 CET - Oct 15, 0600 CET Planned maintenance
Gassco Oseberg Sep 23, 0600 CET - Sep 30, 0600 CET 13.5 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Gassco Aasta Hansteen Sep 29, 0600 CET - Oct 03, 0600 CET 17.7 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
TAQA UGS Bergermeer Sep 29, 0400 BST - Sep 30, 0400 BST 41 GWh/d; other unavailability
Gassco Zeebrugge Sep 30, 0600 CET - Oct 01, 0600 CET 22.2 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
TAQA UGS Bergermeer Oct 03, 0500 CET - Oct 31, 0500 CET 497 GWh/d; gas treatment plant unavailability
Gassco Nyhamna Oct 05, 0600 CET - Nov 02, 0600 CET 19.8 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Gassco Oseberg Oct 10, 0600 CET - Oct 23, 0600 CET 27.5 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
Gassco Aasta Hansteen Oct 15, 0600 CET - Oct 19, 0600 CET 20.7 mcm/d; yearly mainetenance
Kistos Energy Storage Ltd Hill Top Oct 22, 0800 BST - Oct 22, 1800 BST 0.6477 TWh; planned storage unavailability
SSE Aldbrough Oct 25, 0500 BST - Oct 31, 1800 BST 97.78 GWh/d; planned injection unavailability
TAQA UGS Bergermeer Nov 11, 0500 BST - Nov 20, 0500 BST 36 GWh/d; compression station unavailability
TAQA UGS Bergermeer Nov 20, 0500 BST - Dec 17, 0500 BST 24 GWh/d; compression station unavailability
TAQA UGS Bergermeer Dec 18, 0500 BST - Dec 19, 0500 BST 12 GWh/d; compressor station unavailability
Gassco Visund Dec 01, 0600 CET - Dec 02, 0600 CET 14.8 mcm/d; yearly maintenance
INEOS FPS system 2026 The annual Unity ESDV closure test, Cruden Bay NGL ESDV leak test, and Forties Charlie equipment tests will take place (3Q- Aug 4); the Old Lock Berth Outage will take place (2Q)
To see all Gassco outages, please click https://bit.ly/3rQojCd
CET - Central European Time (GMT +1 or GMT +2, depending on the time of year)
Capacity loss attributable to separate caverns
indicates revision
(Reporting by Sukanya Mitra in Bengaluru)
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