Overview
ENECO Gas Storage Facility, Epe
The project comprises an unmanned underground gas storage facility near the city of Epe in the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The gas storage facility is situated approx. 5 km from the Dutch border and is intended to serve as peak-load and seasonal storage for the supply of the Dutch gas distribution network.
Resources & Sustainable IndustryUnderground Storage
About the Project
- Client:
- Visser & Smit Hanab B.V.
- Location:
- Germany
- Time frame:
- 2008–2013
Technical Data
- 2 salt caverns,
total volume: 1,000,000 m³ - Working gas capacity: approx. 130 million Sm³
- Gas injection rate: 2 × 100,000 Sm³/h
- Gas withdrawal rate: 2 × 200,000 Sm³/h
- 2 withdrawal trains,
2 electrically driven reciprocating compressors (2 × 6.35 MW) - Guaranteed availability of 99.1 %
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- Engineering
- Project Management
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