PLAN A
PLAN B
W1 - SEAWATER FROM FLEETWOOD FISH DOCK
FILTERED AND PUMPED AT SEAWATER PUMPING
STATION. COMPOUND INCLUDES SEAWATER
PUMPING STATION (CONTAINING PUMPS),
STANDBY GENERATOR, SWITCHGEAR AND
TRANSFORMER, ACCESS ROAD AND CAR
PARKING AREA.
W3 - SEAWATER TRANSMITTED TO BOOSTER PUMP
STATION WHERE PRESSURE IS INCREASED
BEFORE BEING PUMPED TO WELL HEADS.
BOOSTER PUMP STATION COMPOUND COMPRISES
THE PUMP STATION ITSELF (CONTROL ROOM,
ELECTRICAL CONTROL EQUIPMENT, SWITCHGEAR,
STANDBY GENERATOR, AND 2 TRANSFORMERS), A
DE-BRINE FACILITY, ACCESS ROADS AND CAR
PARKING AREA.
W4- AT THE 7 WELLHEADS, SEAWATER PUMPED
VIA CEMENT CASED BOREHOLES UNDERGROUND
TO DISSOLVE SALT AND CREATE 19 CAVERNS IN
AREAS FOR CAVERN DEVELOPMENT (SEE
CAVERN CREATION PROCESS DIAGRAM BELOW).
W5 - BRINE FROM WASHING PROCESS RETURNED
TO DE-BRINE FACILITY WHICH INCLUDES A
RESERVOIR TANK USED TO VENT DISSOLVED
GASES AND COLLECT SEDIMENT. SEDIMENT
DISPOSED OF TO AN EXISTING CAVERN AND
BRINE MONITORED AT DE-BRINE FACILITY PRIOR
TO DISCHARGE.
G1 - GAS PROCESSED AT GAS COMPRESSOR
COMPOUND FOR ENTRY TO THE CAVERNS AND
TO THE NATIONAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM.
COMPOUND INCLUDES COMPRESSORS,
DEHYDRATION UNITS, AIR COOLED HEAT
EXCHANGERS, FILTERS, SEPARATORS, STORAGE
TANKS AND UTILITY SYSTEMS, ADDITIONAL
BUILDINGS CONTAINING ELECTRICAL AND
INSTRUMENT EQUIPMENT AND A VENT STACK
FOR EMERGENCY AND ROUTINE MAINTENANCE
USE.
W2 - SEAWATER PUMPED THROUGH PIPES AT
LEAST 8 METRES BELOW THE BED OF THE RIVER
WYRE.
G4 - INTERCONNECTOR METERING STATION
HOUSES AUTOMATIC METERING AND GAS
ANALYSIS INSTRUMENTATION.
VACANT HIGHER LICKOW FARM REFURBISHED
TO PROVIDE OFFICE ACCOMMODATION.
EXISTING DERELICT BARN DEMOLISHED AND
REDEVELOPED TO INCLUDE ADMIN, TRAINING
AND HEALTH & SAFETY ACCOMODATION.
ANOTHER ADJACENT BARN DEMOLISHED.
IRISH
SEA
G3 - GAS DISTRIBUTED FROM GAS
COMPRESSOR COMPOUND VIA AN
INTERCONNECTOR METERING STATION TO
THE NATIONAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM NEAR
NATEBY, APPROXIMATELY 12 KILOMETRES TO
THE EAST.
W6 - UP TO 80 MEGA-LITRES A DAY OF BRINE
PUMPED IN PIPE FROM DE-BRINE FACILITY BACK
BENEATH THE RIVER WYRE.
G2 - GAS STORED UNDERGROUND IN CAVERNS
IN AREAS FOR CAVERN DEVELOPMENT.
NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTED FROM A588 TO SITE.
NEW OBSERVATION PLATFORM
CONSTRUCTED AT SEA WALL CROSSING.
RIVER
WYRE
W7- BRINE PIPELINE CROSSES FYLDE PENINSULA,
THE SEA WALL AND RUNS 2.3KM OFFSHORE TO A
2 PORT SINGLE DIFFUSER IN THE IRISH SEA.
PLAN B
PLAN A
30" CONDUCTOR PIPE
ALLUVIUM
ALLUVIUM
ALLUVIUM
ALLUVIUM
MUDSTONES
MUDSTONES
MUDSTONES
MUDSTONES
ELECTRICAL CABLES LAID UNDERGROUND
AND AT LEAST 8 METRES BELOW THE BED
OF THE RIVER WYRE TO CONNECT THE
GAS COMPRESSOR COMPOUND SUB
STATION WITH THE STANAH SUB STATION
20" CASING NATURAL
GAS INJECTION
NITROGEN CAP
390 METRES
390 METRES
390 METRES
NATURAL GAS
BRINE
NITROGEN CAP
SALT
SALT
SALT
BRINE
0
SALT
MUDSTONES
500
1000m
1 : 25 000
WATER
MUDSTONES
MUDSTONES
MUDSTONES
CAVERN CREATION PROCESS DIAGRAM
Notes
Client
Status
Project
ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT
APPLICATION BOUNDARY
Scales
Current Issue Signatures
1:25,000
01 FIRST ISSUE
Original
Size
A3
Datum
DATUM
NOV 11
Grid
Issue
Description
Date
50mm on Original
GRID
Author
J.NORMAN
Checker
A.SAUNDERS
PREESALL
UNDERGROUND GAS
STORAGE FACILITY
Title
Approver
D.HOARE
C
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