Cette reserve à Bergermeer sera de 4.3 milliards de m3. Mise en service commercial en 2013.
600 millions d' Euro à investir.
Il y a déjà un centre de stockage en Hollande à Alkmaar qui fait 500 millions de m3 de Gaz.
http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Oil_an ... 42187.htmlGazprom, Taqa sign deal to store gas in Dutch field
Bloomberg August 20, 2009
Abu Dhabi: OAO Gazprom and Abu Dhabi National Energy Co., the state-controlled oil and natural gas producer known as Taqa, signed an agreement for gas storage services at the Bergermeer storage site in the Netherlands.
Gazprom, Russia's gas export monopoly, will deliver cushion gas for injection into the depleted field in return for working capacity and a participating interest in operating the facility, the companies said in a joint statement today. Cushion gas is necessary to ensure that the reservoir has optimal pressure to start commercial storage operations.
Bergermeer has a storage capacity equivalent to the annual gas consumption of about 1.6 million households in the Netherlands, making it one of western Europe's largest. The estimated working volume amounts to about 4.1 billion cubic meters and commercial operations are expected to start in 2013. Bergermeer is Taqa's second gas storage project in the Netherlands. It already operates the 500 million cubic meter Peak Gas Installation in Alkmaar.
The Netherlands aims to become a distribution point for gas in northwest Europe and plans to import liquefied natural gas to guarantee energy supplies as its own reserves dwindle. It's also strengthening ties with energy-producing nations such as Russia, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Saudi Arabia.
Cushion Gas
The amount of cushion gas could amount to about 4.3 billion cubic meters, Alexander Medvedev, Gazprom's deputy chief executive officer, said at a press conference in Amsterdam today. "The volume of cushion gas will be close to the storage capacity," Medvedev said.
Bergermeer, about 27 miles north of Amsterdam, is an empty gas reservoir consisting of porous rock 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) below the surface. Gas is injected into the tiny openings, the rock pores, via wells about 2.5 kilometers deep. In the winter the gas is brought back up again and distributed by energy companies. The underground facility will store gas during the summer so that it can be used during the winter when demand picks up. The Netherlands has existing gas storage locations in Norg, Grijpskerk and Alkmaar.
Taqa and Gazprom plan to invest 600 million euros ($854 million) in the project, Taqa Chief Executive Officer Peter Barker-Homek said in March. A final investment decision of the parties involved is expected in the coming months, according to today's statement.