Dust and mud is clogging the filters on a key pipeline sending natural gas from the UK to Europe, slowing down flows as the winter crunch time approaches. The operator of the link between Britain and Belgium has removed large amounts of dust and pieces of debris as well as thick liquid this year from the filters that the gas passes through, according to a document posted online . Flows of gas have been reduced and even halted because of these blockages 24 times so far in 2022, while typically filter changes are needed only twice a year. Britain has been exporting a record amount of gas to the continent this year as cargoes of liquefied natural gas arrive at its terminals. The UK lacks capacity to store the fuel for winter and gas in mainland Europe is about a third more expensive attracting flows in that direction. That’s […]