Infrastructure group wins key gas plant contract to cut emissions at strategic site
A contract to reduce emissions from a strategically important natural gas compressor station in Gloucestershire has been secured by infrastructure, construction and property services business United Living Group.
The Wormington facility, near Tewkesbury, is a crucial junction on the natural gas pipeline, linking import terminals in South Wales and supporting supply into the South West and South Wales.
Natural gas is highly pressurised as it travels through a pipeline. To ensure the gas remains pressurised, it must be compressed periodically along the pipeline.
This is accomplished by using compressor stations, where gas is compressed either by a turbine, a motor or an engine.
Warrington-based United Living Group subsidiary, United Living Infrastructure Services (ULIS), has been awarded the two-stage engineering, procurement and construction project at Wormington, which will involve installing a low-emission gas turbine-driven compressor train built on land next to the existing site.
The project forms part of the Medium Plant Combustion Directive (MCPD), which aims to improve air quality by reducing emissions from combustion plants, including gas turbine driven compressor trains.
The Wormington compressor project is a significant milestone for ULIS, which will oversee the civil, mechanical, electrical and control and instrumentation (EC&I) engineering development.
Wormington MCPD is ULIS’s second major compressor station project with National Gas. The Hatton Compressor Station project in Lincolnshire is due for completion in 2025.
ULIS managing director Campbell Crawford said: “Delivering world class infrastructure is at the heart of everything we do at United Living, and we look forward to working collaboratively with National Gas and our engineering partner, Kent, to deliver this compressor project safely and successfully, ensuring the UK’s gas network is resilient and fit for the future.”
Darren Christie, project director, National Gas, said: “Our Wormington facility plays a vital role in linking gas import terminals in South Wales and South West England with our National Gas Transmission System.
“By utilising our project partners’ skills and expertise we can hope to see successful delivery of this investment. This will ultimately improve the compressor resilience at the site, providing greater energy security and helping reduce compressor emissions as part of the UK’s Net Zero ambitions.”
