EN 1918-3:1998
(Main)Gas supply systems - Underground gas storage - Part 3: Functional recommendations for storage in solution-mined salt cavities
Gas supply systems - Underground gas storage - Part 3: Functional recommendations for storage in solution-mined salt cavities
This standard specifies procedures and practices which are safe and environmentally acceptable. It covers the functional recommendations for design, construction, testing, commissionning, operation and maintenance of underground gas storage facilities in solution-mined salt cavities up to and including the wing valve of the wellhead. The necessary surface facilities for underground gas storage are described in prEN 1918-5.
Gasversorgungssysteme - Untertagespeicherung von Gas - Teil 3: Funktionale Empfehlungen für die Speicherung in gesolten Salzkavernen
Diese Europäische Norm legt Verfahren und Praktiken fest, die sicher sind und akzeptabel für die Umwelt. Es umfaßt die funktionalen Empfehlungen für Planung, Bau, Prüfung, Inbetriebnahme, Betrieb und Instandhaltung von Untertagespeichern für Gas in gesolten Salzkavernen bis zum Bohrlochkopf einschließlich des Seitenschiebers. Die erforderlichen übertätigen Anlagen für einen Untertagespeicher für Gas werden in prEN 1918-5 beschrieben.
Système d'alimentation en gaz - Stockage souterrain de gaz - Partie 3: Recommandations fonctionnelles pour le stockage en cavités salines creusées par dissolution
La présente norme spécifie les procédures et les pratiques qui sont acceptables pour la sécurité et l'environnement. Elle décrit les recommandations pour la conception, la construction, les essais, la mise en service, l'exploitation et la maintenance des stockages souterrains en cavités salines creusés par dissolution jusqu'au robinet latéral de la tête de puits inclus. Les installations de surface qui sont nécessaires pour un stockage souterrain de gaz sont décrites dans la prEN 1918-5.
Sistemi oskrbe s plinom - Podzemna plinska skladišča - 3. del: Funkcionalna priporočila za skladiščenje v solnih kavernah
General Information
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Publication Date
- 17-Feb-1998
- Withdrawal Date
- 20-Jan-2026
- Technical Committee
- CEN/TC 234 - Gas infrastructure
- Drafting Committee
- CEN/TC 234/WG 4 - Gas underground storage
- Current Stage
- 9960 - Withdrawal effective - Withdrawal
- Start Date
- 23-Mar-2016
- Completion Date
- 21-Jan-2026
Relations
- Effective Date
- 11-Jun-2011
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Frequently Asked Questions
EN 1918-3:1998 is a standard published by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). Its full title is "Gas supply systems - Underground gas storage - Part 3: Functional recommendations for storage in solution-mined salt cavities". This standard covers: This standard specifies procedures and practices which are safe and environmentally acceptable. It covers the functional recommendations for design, construction, testing, commissionning, operation and maintenance of underground gas storage facilities in solution-mined salt cavities up to and including the wing valve of the wellhead. The necessary surface facilities for underground gas storage are described in prEN 1918-5.
This standard specifies procedures and practices which are safe and environmentally acceptable. It covers the functional recommendations for design, construction, testing, commissionning, operation and maintenance of underground gas storage facilities in solution-mined salt cavities up to and including the wing valve of the wellhead. The necessary surface facilities for underground gas storage are described in prEN 1918-5.
EN 1918-3:1998 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 75.200 - Petroleum products and natural gas handling equipment. The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
EN 1918-3:1998 has the following relationships with other standards: It is inter standard links to EN 1918-3:2016. Understanding these relationships helps ensure you are using the most current and applicable version of the standard.
EN 1918-3:1998 is associated with the following European legislation: EU Directives/Regulations: 93/38/EEC; Standardization Mandates: M/017. When a standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union, products manufactured in conformity with it benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the corresponding EU directive or regulation.
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Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-1999
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Gas supply systems - Underground gas storage - Part 3: Functional recommendations
for storage in solution-mined salt cavities
Gasversorgungssysteme - Untertagespeicherung von Gas - Teil 3: Funktionale
Empfehlungen für die Speicherung in gesolten Salzkavernen
Systeme d'alimentation en gaz - Stockage souterrain de gaz - Partie 3:
Recommandations fonctionnelles pour le stockage en cavités salines creusées par
dissolution
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 1918-3:1998
ICS:
75.200 2SUHPD]DVNODGLãþHQMH Petroleum products and
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