Solutions for Underground Gas Storage
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Underground gas storage – safeguarding the availability of gas at all times
Underground gas storage facilities are an essential part of all natural gas planning and logistics. The injection and withdrawal of billions of cubic meters into and from underground storage evens out daily and seasonal swings in demand and ensures the reliable availability of natural gas for customers at all times of the year.
Add to this their emergence as a critical tool for energy trading and it is clear that choosing the wrong underground gas storage facility can cause serious economic consequences for your company.
Wide range of power ratings to match your applications
Siemens is an experienced supplier of solutions for underground gas storage: these include the full range of rotating and electrical equipment required to operate the facility.
- Compressors
- Gas turbines
- E-drives
are available with a wide range of power ratings to match the specific volume flows and dynamics of different types of storage facilities. Reliable deliverability and injection capacity depend on the performance of the compressors and turbines used for operating underground gas storages. Therefore, perfectly adjusted solutions have to be part of the underground storage concept. As a natural extension of the single-source supply thinking which characterizes Siemens’ deliveries to the Oil & Gas market, we offer pre-engineered standard packages which have been designed for maximum efficiency and economy. The three package types, based on the SPCP-100/200/400 gas turbines – all proven components –, are known as the SPCP (Siemens Pipeline Compressor Package).
Industrial IT for Unit and Station Control
The Siemens worldwide recognized automation and control technology integrates all assets, ensuring maximum availability and efficiency of the complete station, and allowing fully remote-controlled operation.
Siemens contributes with
- Unit control systems
A unique array of integrated automation and related products, systems and solutions for field, operation and management. Designed to maximize productivity while reducing costs substantially. - Station control systems
Enterprise intelligence solutions for safe and reliable operation, planning and scheduling, including asset management. Real-time operational intelligence, electronic procurement and trading. Process modeling, simulation and optimization. Enterprise intelligence solutions for safe and reliable operation, planning and scheduling.
- MOL Underground storage facility, Hajduszoboszlo, Hungary
MOL Natural Gas Storage of Budapest, Hungary, have ordered
- 3 newly configured standard gas-turbine-driven pipeline compressor packages based on 4.9 MW SGT-100 gas turbines in combination with a direct-driven STC-SV compressor.
The new pre-engineered standard packages have been designed for maximum efficiency and economy and are based on field-proven components from the Siemens portfolio.