TransGas Planning a New Natural Gas Storage Facility in Canada

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). TransGas Limited (Regina Saskatchewan) is planning to develop a new underground natural gas storage facility near Regina in Saskatchewan. The planned $45 million salt dome storage structure, as envisioned, will be built in phases and will have a storage capacity of 10 Bcf of natural gas, with a withdrawal and injection rate of 500 mmscfd and 300 mmscfd, respectively. Phase I will entail the leaching of four one Bcf storage caverns and surface facilities will include a five kilometer pipeline lateral to interconnect with TransCanada's mainline and an 8,000-12,000 horsepower turbine based compressor station.

TransGas is presently proceeding with government permitting and expects to begin the construction phase of the project in early 2004, with completion scheduled for late 2005 for the first phase.

In a separate storage project, TransGas Limited is in early site preparation to construct a wash plant for solution mining of a new three Bcf salt cavern storage structure near Saskatoon Saskatchewan, including a new 1,200 horsepower reciprocating two stage compressor station to maintain the designed 2,600psig.

TransGas Limited is a subsidiary of the crown owned SaskEnergy Incorporated (Regina Saskatchewan) and its core business includes the gathering, transportation, compression and storage of natural gas in the province of Saskatchewan Canada.