BS EN 1918-2 covers the functional recommendations for design, construction, testing, commissioning, operation, maintenance and abandonment of underground gas storage (UGS) facilities in oil and gas fields up to and including the wellhead.
BS EN 1918-2 specifies practices which are safe and environmentally acceptable.
In this context, "gas" is any hydrocarbon fuel:
BS EN 1918-2 specifies common basic principles for underground gas storage facilities.
Note 1: Users of BS EN 1918-2 should be aware that more detailed standards and/or codes of practice exist. A non-exhaustive list of relevant standards can be found in Annex A.
Note2: For necessary surface facilities for underground gas storage, EN 1918-5 applies.
Who is BS EN 1918-2 - Functional recommendations for storage in oil and gas fields for?
BS EN 1918-2 on Functional recommendations for storage in oil and gas fields is useful for:
Why should you use BS EN 1918-2 - Functional recommendations for storage in oil and gas fields ?
The primary function of UGS is to ensure that supply is adjusted for peak and seasonal demand. Apart from this, the storage facilities can provide stand-by reserves in case of interruption of the planned supply. Increasingly UGS is applied for commercial storage services.
Thus, in summary underground gas storage facilities can be used for:
Storage of gas in oil and gas fields is a proven technology and is mainly used for the storage of large gas volumes. These UGS in pore storages (see Figure 2) are developed by building up a reservoir of compressed natural gas in the pores of a subsurface structure, which was originally hydrocarbon-bearing as in oil and gas fields.
BS EN 1918-2 provides guidance on design, construction, operation and maintenance of the facility to ensure safety and reliability.
Storage of gas in oil and gas fields in accordance with BS EN 1918-2 will help you ensure:
BS EN 1918-2 supersedes EN 1918-2:1998. BS EN 1918-2 includes some technical changes with respect to EN 1918-2:1998. These include:
EN 1918-2:2016