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AMEC awarded FEED for £600m Gateway underground gas storage project

Thursday, Jan 21, 2010

London, United Kingdom (21 January 2010) – AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, along with Parsons Brinckerhoff and Senergy, has been appointed by Gateway Storage Company to undertake the front-end engineering design (FEED) for both the offshore and onshore elements of the £600 million Gateway offshore underground gas storage scheme.

The Gateway storage scheme will be located in the East Irish Sea, approximately 25 kilometres (15 miles) offshore, south west of Barrow-in-Furness. The current phase of the project will provide 1.5 billion cubic metres of storage capacity, with the possibility of expansion in the future.

The work over the next 12 months will support a commitment to construction of the facility at the end of 2010 and enable the commencement of gas storage services for the UK market in 2014.

The Gateway offshore gas storage development will use offshore caverns and will enable gas to be delivered, stored and then returned to the UK´s national transmission system, providing a more flexible and secure energy supply. 

“I am delighted that the award of this contract demonstrates our all round energy capabilities’ said Neil Bruce, Executive Director of AMEC. ‘This challenging and ground-breaking project couples our considerable FEED expertise on traditional offshore projects with our leading process capability”

Andrew Stacey, Director of Gateway Storage said: “The detailed engineering design work, and the tender process for the main construction contracts that will follow later this year, will support a commitment to construction at the end of this year and the first storage services to start during 2014. We are delighted to have the depth of experience that AMEC, Parsons Brinckerhoff and Senergy offer us and look forward to working with them in order to deliver the much needed Gateway facility.”

 

Source: AMEC

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