A UK-based subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric has signed an agreement with SSE Hornsea to upgrade an onshore underground gas storage facility located at Atwick in East Yorkshire.
As part of the deal, Yokogawa will supply and install a CENTUM VPintegrated production control system to control gas compressors at the facility.
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The company will also provide a ProSafe-RS integrated safety instrumented system to ensure process safety at the facility.
SSE plans to extend the life of the facility to use it for peak shaving and longer-term storage.
The Atwick gas storage facility includes nine man-made salt cavities, cased into a salt layer 1.8km underground. It consists of around 325 million cubic metres of gas storage space.
The gas will be injected into the cavities for storage and then supplied as needed to the National Transmission System.
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By GlobalDataYokogawa Europe president Herman van den Berg said that many gas projects are slated for construction and upgrading in Europe and North America due to developments in shale gas production.
"Yokogawa is targeting the natural gas industry, and we believe that this project will allow us to gain further expertise in gas storage control and safety applications that we intend to share with the entire Group," he added.
Image: Yokogawa will upgrade onshore underground gas storage facility, located at Atwick in East Yorkshire. Photo: courtesy of David Wright.
