Underground Gas Storage (UGS)

Every day enough gas for everyone. It seems logical, but it is not. It is a complex logistical puzzle to always deliver the right amount of natural gas at the right time. Netherlands has enough natural gas, but the natural pressure is less and less. Due to this pressure drop natural gas become more difficult to flow upward. In a peak demand during extreme cold this may cause a temporary shortage of natural gas. Hence at “Grijpskerk” and “Langelo” underground gas storage facilities are built. During low demand for gas in summer the excess produced gas is stored in an empty gas field. The gas storage Norg should help out more often and thus ready to be there, both capacity and productivity must be increased. The following picture depict how a UGS is functioning.

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QMACS and UGS

The injection, and then again withdraw gas from the well, is a complex and requires custom designed installation. As partner of GLT-PLUS (consortium created by NAM specifically for these projects) we have in a three years period significantly contributed in the successfully delivering of the above mentioned facilites to the NAM. Engineering, organization, management, execution, maintenance and breakthrough innovations were core activities in the various undertaking projects.

Total K5CC offshore platform is the riser platform where the produced gas is treated and transported to the shore. Our project consists of the upgrade of the automation systems (DCS/SIS/ESD/FGS) that controlled and monitored the entire production and the safety processes of the platform.

BP West Nile Delta Project

West Nile Delta project to develop 5 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas resources and 55 million barrels (mmbbls) of condensates with an estimated investment of around $12 billion by BP and its partner.

Production from WND is expected to reach up to 1.2 billion cubic feet a day (bcf/d), equivalent to about 25 per cent of Egypt’s current gas production and significantly contribute to increasing the supply of energy in Egypt. All the produced gas will be fed into the country’s national gas grid, helping to meet the anticipated growth in local demand for energy. Production is expected to start in 2017.

Gas will be produced from two BP-operated offshore concession blocks, North Alexandria and West Mediterranean Deepwater. BP says it believes that there is the potential through future exploration to add a further 5-7 tcf which could boost WND production with additional investments.

Our project activities consists of the FEED study for an ICSS (Integrated Control and Safety System) fot the entire facility.

NAM GZI project

Revamp of the old existing automation system to a the new Foxboro-IA System (see PDF only in Dutch and pictures)

Groningen asset projects

The Groningen Asset has a prime responsibility in providing a secure supply to the Dutch market. The Groningen asset is increasing its activity level in drilling exploration and development gas wells, oil (re-) developments, Enhanced Gas recovery projects and further depletion compression and de-bottlenecking projects

Brown field:
underground gas storage facilities in depleted gas fields