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Title: Natural Gas Storage
Author: Ronald R. Walsmith
Source: 1983 Appalachian Gas Measurement Short Course
Year Published: 1983
Abstract: Storage of natural gas has been used for decades by the gas industry to meet consumer demands for fuel during bitter winter months when peak demand exceeds regional production and interstate transportation capabilities. In the United States we have over 380 underground storage reservoirs spread over more than 25 states with the capability of holding roughly one-third of the gas produced in this country during a year. Although the storing of natural gas in depleted gas fields is the most common means of banking this fuel there are other methods. These include the use of an abandoned coal mine in Colorado, use of depleted aquifers (underground water reservoirs), and liquefaction. Turning natural gas into a liquid, however, requires temperatures of -260 F (-162 C). Although liquefaction greatly condenses the volume of the gas (a ratio of 600 to 1), the energy and therefore cost is tremendous when coupled with the necessary technology. On the other hand underground water reservoirs are usually relatively shallow with a tendency to permit the leakage of gas.

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