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Liquefied Natural Gas: Imports

Commons · Question 75379 · Tabled 5 Sep 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 11 Sep 2025

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Asked by John Milne

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department made of the level of imported emissions from liquefied natural gas for carbon capture, usage and storage in the policy paper entitled Clean Energy Industries Sect

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Answered by Michael Shanks, 11 Sep 2025

Natural gas is used as an input for Power CCUS and CCUS-enabled hydrogen production. However, the Clean Energy Industries Sector Plan (23 June 2025) did not include a specific estimate of imported LNG emissions for CCUS. We are clear that future emissions...