Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility
Northeast Texas
Project Description
Customer Challenge
In order, to ensure a reliable, year-round supply of affordable natural gas, HGA is working with a developer of midstream energy projects to deliver their underground natural gas storage facility which will play a pivotal role in fortifying energy security across the region.
Located 100 miles southwest of Dallas, Texas in Anderson County, the new natural gas storage facility, will offer approximately 24 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas storage capacity in the initial phase of the project.
The primary business goal of the storage facility is to safely operate and maintain a natural gas storage facility to allow for a consistent supply of natural gas to the pipelines that interconnect with the gas storage facility in Anderson County. With its central location and multiple connections to existing pipeline infrastructure, the facility is ideally positioned to support reliability across the entire state.
Our Solution
Our involvement with the underground storage facility began in 2011 when we provided the Total Installed Cost (TIC) estimates for the client and their financiers to determine the economic feasibility of building such a facility. In December 2022, we were appointed as the Engineer of Record to provide conceptual design and detailed front-end engineering design (FEED). Led by our Houston office with support from our Ruston and Baton Rouge offices and supported by our Integrated Services business unit, we also handled the detailed engineering design for the above-ground facilities, pipeline design, and meter station design for processing the injection and withdrawal of gas. In addition, HGA will handle all project procurement activities. Our project controls team is crucial in our efforts, utilizing our HGA-developed project tracking and reporting service to manage budgets, track materials, and facilitate approvals.
Value Delivered
The HGA team helped the client create a project execution strategy and design for what was needed to develop a successful natural gas storage project in the Texas market. The HGA team worked collaboratively and seamlessly with the client team to identify and develop viable alternatives that address project risks, flexibility requirements, and construction costs. This collaborative approach increased the efficiency of the deployment activities and delivered the software ahead of an already aggressive timeline.