Britain's Interconnector gas pipeline capacity reduction extended

By Nina ChestneyLONDON (Reuters) - Capacity on the Interconnector pipeline, which transports natural gas between Britain and continental Europe, has been temporarily reduced on Tuesday to allow maintenance and testing at the Bacton gas terminal, operator IUK said.The capacity reduction started at 0900 GMT (1000 BST) and will end at 1700 GMT, IUK said in a market message.The pipeline's technical capacity is around 26 gigawatt hours per hour (GWh/h), but the capacity available will be around 18 GW