UK's Largest Gas Storage Facility Rough Collaborates for Hydrogen Adaptation
Key Ideas
- Rough, the UK's largest gas storage facility, released gas into the grid to support the country in November 2023 for the first time that winter.
- Centrica Energy Storage has selected Exceed as a Tier 1 partner for front-end engineering for the redevelopment of Rough, potentially enabling hydrogen storage up to 260 Bcf.
- Exceed will handle subsurface engineering, field redevelopment planning, and well project management under the FEED contract, progressing the Rough redevelopment towards hydrogen readiness.
- The RougH2 redevelopment project is at the pre-sanction 'define' stage, indicating significant progress towards creating hydrogen-ready facilities in the UK gas storage industry.
In November 2023, Rough, the UK's largest gas storage facility, played a critical role in supporting the country by releasing stored gas into the grid, marking the first such release that winter. Centrica Energy Storage (CES+) has announced a key partnership with Exceed, alongside Wood, for the front-end engineering of the Rough gas field's redevelopment in the southern UK North Sea. This redevelopment project, known as RougH2, aims to transform the facility into hydrogen-ready infrastructure capable of storing up to 260 Bcf of gas. Exceed's role under the FEED contract includes multi-discipline subsurface engineering, field redevelopment planning, and well project management to design and prepare the field for hydrogen storage. The project represents a significant step towards sustainability, as evidenced by Centrica's recent completion of engineering studies for carbon capture and storage, supporting the UK's transition to a more environmentally friendly energy landscape. Currently in the pre-sanction 'define' stage, the CES+ RougH2 redevelopment project signifies a promising advancement in the UK's efforts to adapt its gas storage infrastructure for future hydrogen utilization.
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