Speaking during the first visit to the UK by Odd Roger Enoksen, the new Norwegian Minister for Petroleum and Energy, Mr Wicks said: "The UK is in transition from energy island to net importer and our partnership with Norway is a mutually-beneficial component of this. The Treaty we signed earlier this year means that the first part of the new Langeled pipeline will be feeding Norwegian gas into the UK network for next winter. "Another new pipeline from the Netherlands, and an upgrade to the existing interconnector with Belgium, will also bring new bulk supplies into the UK market by next winter. Beyond that, two major new liquefied natural gas terminals in Pembrokeshire will bring in new supplies from further afield, and new gas storage facilities over the coming years will help industry manage supply and demand. "All of this is in addition to improvements already onstream before this coming winter – a liquefied natural gas terminal up and running in the Thames estuary, improvements to storage capacity at Rough and Humbly Grove, and an initial upgrade to the interconnector with Belgium due to be on-stream within weeks. This is a picture of a dynamic UK energy sector responding to the new UK energy scenario, working in collaboration with strategic partners in Norway and elsewhere. New pipelines, terminals and storage facilities mean greater security of supply and will help bear down on prices for industrial and domestic consumers." Securing more gas from Norway to the UK will be one of the big consumer benefits of the UK's partnership with the Norwegian oil and gas sector. The Langeled pipeline is due to deliver gas to the UK by 2006, and could meet up to 16% of peak UK demand. It is one of a number of developments and facilities that will see the UK's gas supply capability rise by 28% by 2006/7. Increased compressor capacity in Zeebrugge will increase the amount of gas flowing from Belgium to the UK this winter, with a further increase from December 2006, supplying up to 15% of peak UK demand, while a new interconnector between the Netherlands and the UK will increase capacity to deliver up to 10% of peak UK demand by December 2006. The UK's LNG imports and storage facilities are being expanded as follows: the Isle of Grain LNG facility in the Thames Estuary has already started receiving LNG, and is due to increase its capacity by October, 2008; terminals at Milford Haven are due to take in LNG from October, 2007 ten storage projects (in addition to Humbly Grove) are being developed, although most remain subject to regulatory consent. The projects, with their anticipated target commissioning dates, are: Aldbrough (Q3, 2007), Byley, Cheshire (Q1, 2008), Welton (2008), Preesall (2009/2010), Albury Phase 1 (2007/2008), Albury phase 2 (2010), Bletchingly (2009), Saltfleetby (2008), Caythorpe (Q2, 2007), and Cheshire (INEOS Enterprises) (2009).