Storage of natural gas in a depleted reservoir
El Paso Natural Gas Co. places great faith in the use of underground storage for natural gas. El Paso, because of the geological limitations within its service area, developed the storage it uses on the upstream end of its transmission system. The importance of using storage projects to conserve natural gas cannot be emphasized too strongly. It affords the natural gas transmission company a means of preventing the waste of a highly valuable commodity, as natural gas cannot always be produced exactly in step with market demand. This is particularly true when speaking of residue gas, or that gas remaining after casinghead gas has been processed to remove liquefiable hydrocarbons. When residue gas is made available to the transmission company in amounts over and above its market demand, then there must be a means to store the excess or else it will be lost forever. El Paso Natural Gas Co.'s Rhodes Unit Gas Storage Area has served this purpose very efficiently in the past and will do so in the future.
- Research Organization:
- El Paso Natural Gas Co
- OSTI ID:
- 5370409
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-651161-
- Journal Information:
- ECAFE Develop. Petrol. Resources Asia and Far East Proc.; (United States), Journal Name: ECAFE Develop. Petrol. Resources Asia and Far East Proc.; (United States) Vol. 2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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