§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy what use is made of ethane prior to the time when supplies may be employed as a petrochemical feedstock.
§ Mr. Gray: The quantities of ethane available at present are small. That which is not used by BGC to adjust the calorific value of pipeline gas is used as process fuel. In the case of the Mossmorran ethane cracker, arrangements, are being made to supply the ethane to Peterhead power station for electricity generation in the period between the St. Fergus gas terminal of the Brent field becoming operational and the ethane cracker coming on stream.