HAIDACH STORAGE FACILITY
Gazprom export LLC starts on October 1st, 2009 a transparent and non-discriminatory procedure to offer storage capacities in the underground natural gas storage facility Haidach, Republic of Austria.
GPE will allocate the available capacities totaling 40 million cbm working gas for short-term agreements by an auction to the highest bidders.
The potential storage customers will have the possibility to conclude store-or-pay contracts for Level I Storage Capacity for a period of one (1) year.
The Storage Prospects can register for Allocation Phase and submit their application documents from October 1st, 2009, 12.00 hrs (CET) until and including December 30th, 2009, 12.00 hrs (CET).
After successful registration, the Storage Prospects can bindingly request their desired storage capacities for Level I Storage Capacity short-term agreements within the auction on January 20th, 2010 from 08.00 hrs (CET) until 16.00 hrs (CET).
Any further questions can be sent to the following e-mail address: ugs@gazpromexport.com
The Haidach gas reservoir in the state of Salzburg owns primary porosity and was found by RAG in 1997 at a depth of 1600 metres. And it was converted into one of the largest underground gas storage facilities in Europe. At the beginning of operation after the first extension starting July 2007, the usable working gas volume amounts to 1.2 billion m3.
The Austrian underground storage facility Haidach comprises the utilisation of the reservoir and connecting the storage facility to the German/Austrian gas terminal at Burghausen. So it can be used consequently in Germany also Austria for the saisonalen balance.
The connection is graphically shown on the map below.
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