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Connecting Europe Facility<br />
ENERGY<br />
Member States involved:<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Islandmagee Gas Storage Facility<br />
5.1.3-0035-UKUK-S-M-14<br />
Part of Project of Common Interest 5.1.3<br />
Implementation schedule<br />
Start date: August 2014<br />
End date: January 2016<br />
Budget:<br />
Estimated total cost of the action:<br />
€5,000,000<br />
Maximum EU contribution:<br />
€2,500,000<br />
Percentage of EU support: 50%<br />
Beneficiary:<br />
InfraStrata plc<br />
www.infrastrata.co.uk<br />
Additional information:<br />
European Commission<br />
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/infrastructu<br />
re/index_en.htm<br />
Innovation and Networks Executive<br />
Agency (INEA)<br />
http://inea.ec.europa.eu<br />
Agency for the Cooperation of <strong>Energy</strong><br />
Regulators (ACER)<br />
www.acer.europa.eu<br />
European Network of Transmission<br />
System Operators for Gas (ENTSO-G)<br />
www.entsog.eu<br />
This specific Action is part of the Project of Common Interest (PCI) 5.1.3<br />
Development of the Islandmagee Underground Gas Storage (UGS) facility at<br />
Larne (Northern Ireland), which aims to improve the security of supply and<br />
increase the amount of flexibility available in the gas markets of Great<br />
Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It also enables greater<br />
interconnectivity across these three neighboring markets, while supporting<br />
the achievement of national renewable and carbon reduction targets. The<br />
PCI concerns the development of a salt cavity gas storage facility located in<br />
Larne, UK and will provide a working gas volume of 500 million cubic meters<br />
(mcm) and allow for a withdrawal capacity of 22 mcm per day and injection<br />
capacity of 12 mcm per day.<br />
This Action will confirm the feasibility of this development of an underground<br />
gas storage facility in salt caverns. It will obtain a salt core sample and<br />
related data, which will then be tested to provide information on the further<br />
development of the design parameters and cost estimate for the project. A<br />
borehole will first be drilled to obtain salt samples and related rock<br />
mechanical data, and then followed up by the subsequent salt testing,<br />
analysis and design testing, which will confirm the economic viability of the<br />
project.<br />
The Action has ended.<br />
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