Storage caverns
Services relating to storage caverns have been part of the core business of UGS GmbH for decades. Whether new construction projects on undeveloped land or the expansion of existing storage systems – we offer you comprehensive surface and underground planning and supervisory services for every project phase. From site analysis and planning to approval processes to implementation and commissioning, we develop customised, efficient, and sustainable storage solutions. We always work according to the latest scientific and technical standards, co-operate closely with independent experts and research institutions, and maintain a continuous national and international exchange with other experts.
With our 3D software, we simulate salt cavern leaching, liquid storage, and flooding with fresh water or brine.
Our geoscientists and engineers work in the following specialisations:
- Geology, 3D structural modelling
- Rock mechanics
- Drilling of wells, completion
- Workover, well intervention, snubbing work
- Wireline, slickline work
- Wellhead equipment
- Measurements (Open and Cased Hole), tests
- Cavern construction and solution mining, 3D leaching simulation
- Gas filling processes, media change, flooding
- Integrity assessment, management manuals, maintenance plans
- Monitoring
- Thermodynamics
- Drilling site construction
- Plant engineering, process and plant optimisation
- Storage and decommissioning
To realise your project, we offer the following services in the aforementioned specialist areas:
- Project management, project control, controlling
- Permitting, authorities engineering
- Subsurface planning based on the HOAI service phases
- Surface facility planning according to HOAI
- Procurement management, project purchasing
- Log interpretation and complex evaluation of borehole measurements
- Safety Tech (IWCF, Level 2), site and measurement supervision (IWCF, Level 4)
- Construction management, construction supervision, commissioning, operational management
- Feasibility and due diligence studies, expert opinions, suitability assessments