Reuters: UK's winter gas at risk from shaky Norway exports

Britain's winter gas supply may hit a crunch in a cold snap after volatile imports from Norway due to technical problems compound variable shipments from Qatar.

Norway's exports have left Britain's gas system short at the beginning of the winter season, which started on Oct. 1, and pushed up prices by almost 10 percent since the beginning of the month.

"Technical flaws are not really uncommon, but the export troubles at the beginning of the winter season highlight just how tight Britain's gas system is. Imagine what will happen if we have similar outages during a real cold snap," one gas trader said.  MORE