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General overview
July 2000
N ATURAL GAS
Advantages
– High energy efficiency
– Flexibility and ease of use
– Environmentally friendly clean properties
– Large reserves
July 2000
H ISTORY OF THE NATURAL GAS
Before WW2
– NG is a by-product, usually flared
– Only local markets in the USA
After WW2
– NG market grew from a regional to an international
dimension
– 1944: First high pressure pipe (2000km in the USA)
– 1964: First LNG chain between Algeria and Europe
Nowadays
– Increasing price of oil
– Inter-continental exchanges (LNG)
– Gas stock exchange (“spot price”)
July 2000
H ISTORY OF THE U.G.S.
Before WW2
– 1915: First UGS in a depleted field in Canada
– First constructions along the main axis between
Texas and the North/East of the USA
After WW2
– First UGS in aquifers and salt cavities
– Development of UGS in Europe, initially for coal gas
and then for natural gas
Nowadays
– High deliverability UGS
• Horizontal wells, advanced stimulation fracturation
• lined rock cavern
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M ODULATION
Gas consumers:
– Household
– Industry
– Power generation
– Chemical feedstock
Modulations types:
– Within one day
– Within one week
– Within one year: seasonality
– Within one decade
– Security supply
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N ATURAL GAS SALES BY SECTOR
Inland sales of natural gas by sector in
the European Union (EU15) in 1997
6%
15% 31% Residential
Commercial
Industry
Power Plants
10% Others
38%
Total: 13,666.1 PJ
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M ODULATION
Comparison between consumption
and modulation in Europe (EU15)
3500
Energy equivalent (PJ)
3000 Inland Sales
2500
2000 Indigenous
Production
1500
1000 Net Imports
500
0 Working
-500 Capacity in
UGS
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T YPES OF U.G.S.
Depleted fields
Aquifers
Salt cavities
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F UNCTIONS OF THE U.G.S.
Balance Seasonal load fluctuations
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F UNCTIONS OF THE U.G.S.
Schematic Load Duration
Daily Demand
Salt Caverns
Well design
– Nb. Of wells (inj./withd.) 12
– Diameter 5”
– Completion -
Surface installation
– Compression power
14.7 MW
– Treatment units
1.35 m³/106 m³
• max. processing WGR
Above Ground
– Pipeline to the network
– Compressor system
– Dehydration system
– Gathering and metering system
Below ground
– Application for permits
– Production and observation wells
Cushion gas
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C OSTS
Relative Costs of various storage
alternatives
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C OSTS
Typical Capital cost distribution
Depleted fields:
– 1 to 3 years
Aquifers:
– 5 to 7 years
Salt Caverns:
– 3 to 5 years
July 2000
S TATISTICS
Operational U.G.S. in the world
Denmark
Lithuania
Belarus
Irland
United Netherlands Poland
Kingdom
Number of stations Belgium
Germany
Greece