UK gas demand so far in August has been around 19% higher than last year despite a much slower rate of storage injections this month, as demand from other sectors has risen, a Platts analysis of National Grid figures showed Friday. UK gas demand so far this month has averaged around 159 million cubic meters/day — up from around 133 million cu m/d during the same period last year — as higher gas burn and exports, stronger local distribution zone (household) demand and a boost in demand from industrial units all contributed to the demand hike. This has continued the recent trend of UK gas demand being higher than in 2013, after June demand was higher than a year earlier. UK gas demand averaged 176 million cu m/d in June against the June 2013 average of 160 million cu m/d. This also confirmed the recent bucking of the trend […]