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Underground Gas Storage

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Course Unit Code541-0234/05
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredSummer Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KUN109doc. Ing. Antonín Kunz, Ph.D.
KLE028doc. Ing. Martin Klempa, Ph.D.
Summary
Types of underground gas storages, method of exploration of suitable structures
and their evaluation, function and importance of underground gas storages at
the systém of gas industry supply network, projecting of underground gas
storage construction, basic characteristic calculation of underground gas
storages, determination of underground gas storage operating cycle (operating
drive) and its checking, modelling of underground gas storage function,
economic working aspects and environmental impact.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the course is to teach students to select suitable structures for underground storage, to prepare suitable projects both in the pre-project stage and in the project stage. Further, the aim is to teach students to design a suitable mode of operation of underground gas storage facility (UGSF) and its monitoring, to evaluate economically the operation and to assess the environmental impact of UGSF.
Course Contents
1. Subject contents and basic terminology
2. Types of underground natural gas storage reservoirs
3. Methodology of exploration for suitable structures and their classification
4. Role of the underground natural gas storage reservoirs in the gas distribution network
5. Issues of compensating seasonal variations of gas consumption
6. Designing natural gas storage reservoirs in suitable structures
7. Calculation of basic parameters
8. Designing the above-ground facilities of natural gas storage reservoirs
9. Determining the functioning regime of natural gas storage reservoir using the cyclic functioning methodology
10. Modelling of the natural gas storage reservoir functioning
11. Design of the functioning regime of gas storage and extraction
12. Monitoring of the natural gas storage reservoir functioning regime, verification of suitability of the designed functioning regime
13. Securing the of the safe natural gas storage reservoir functioning, protection of the environment
14. Economical aspects of natural gas storage reservoir functioning
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
NGUYEN, J.P.: Oil and Gas Field. Development Techniques. Drilling. Editions TECHNIP, France, 2009, ss. 367
EVANS, D. J. CHADWICK, R. A.: Underground Gas Storage - Worldwide Experiences and Future Development in the UK and Europe. Geological Society of London, 2009.
LETCHER, TREVOR M.: Storing Energy - With Special Reference to Renewable Energy Sources. Elsevier, 2016.
FANCHI, JOHN R. CHRISTIANSEN, RICHARD L.: Introduction to Petroleum Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, 2017.
BUJOK, P., BITTNER, R., DORDA, P.: Těžba a vtlačování tekutin (vybrané kapitoly). Skripta PGS, VŠB-TU Ostrava, 1994.
EVANS, D. J. CHADWICK, R. A.: Underground Gas Storage - Worldwide Experiences and Future Development in the UK and Europe. Geological Society of London, 2009.
KLEMPA, M.; ZEMAN, V.; BUJOK, P.; STRUNA, J.; PINKA, J.: Technika a technologie hlubinného vrtání – multimediální výukový text. Projekt FRVŠ č. 960/2011.
MOKHATAB, SAEID POE, WILLIAM A. MAK, JOHN Y.: Handbook of Natural Gas Transmission and Processing - Principles and Practices (4th Edition). Elsevier, 2019.
Recommended Reading:
Klempa, M.; Bujok, P.; Kovář, L.; Struna, J.; Pinka, J.: Fundamentals of Onshore Drilling - multimediální výukový text. Projekt FRVŠ č. 2212/201. Dostupné: http://geologie.vsb.cz/DRILLING/index.htm
Mokhatab, Saeid Poe, William A. Mak, John Y.. (2019). Handbook of Natural Gas Transmission and Processing - Principles and Practices (4th Edition). Elsevier.
Abou-Kassem, Jamal H. Farouq Ali, S.M. Islam, M. Rafig. (2006). Petroleum Reservoir Simulation - A Basic Approach. Gulf Publishing Company.
Oyeneyin, Babs. (2015). Developments in Petroleum Science, Volume 63 - Integrated Sand Management for Effective Hydrocarbon Flow Assurance. Elsevier.
BUJOK, P., STANĚK, J.: Vliv provozu podzemních zásobníků plynu na životní prostředí. Skripta PGS, VŠB-TU Ostrava, 1994.
BUJOK, P., GRMELA, A.: Hydrodynamické zkoušky a výzkum sond. VŠ skripta, VŠB Ostrava, 1992.
OBRUČA, M., BUJOK, P.: Metody zvyšování propustnosti kolektorských vrstev (vybrané kapitoly). Skripta PGS, VŠB-TU Ostrava, 1995.
ABOU-KASSEM, JAMAL H. FAROUQ ALI, S.M. ISLAM, M. RAFIG.: Petroleum Reservoir Simulation - A Basic Approach. Gulf Publishing Company, 2006.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 18