BAKU HIGHER OIL SCHOOL OF

STATE OIL COMPANY OF AZERBAIJAN REPUBLIC

Faculty: Engineering
Specialty: 050606 - Petroleum Engineering
Specialization:
Department: Petroleum Engineering
Student: Azari Aliyev
Group: NM-01

GRADUATION ASSIGNMENT

1. Title: Underground Compressed Gas Storages

2. Inputs: Purposes of underground gas storages (UGS). Main types of UGS facilities.
Processes occurred and carried out on UGS facilities. Working and cushion gas. Risk
analysis.
3. Implementation plan (indicate phases and implementation period):
1. General research on underground gas storages
2. Investigation on main types of UGS facilities (depleted reservoirs, aquifers and salt
caverns) and determination of advantages and disadvantages of different types of UGS
3. Research on salt caverns and investigation of processes carried out on those caverns
4. Investigation on components of UGS facilities. Detailed research on working and
cushion gas in underground storages
5. Comments on other UGS facility types
6. Risk analysis and possible problems occurred on underground gas storages
7. Conclusive explanation of result of research

4. Number and content of the figures

1. USA natural gas consumption curve
2. Working gas capacity and daily deliverability of storages
3. Schemes of depleted reservoirs, aquifers and salt caverns
4. Salt cavern development scheme
5. Relative volumes of working and cushion gas curve
5. Recommendations on units (if necessary)
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6. Initial submission for defense: 5 June 2017

7. Assignment time: 25 September 2016

Head of Department: Zafar Gurbanov

Graduation work supervisor: Prof. Arif Mammadzada

Assignment accepted: _______________________________

(student’s signature, date)

The assignment is given to the IV year full-time students before the start of the summer
internship.

Special notes

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