SGS Provides Technical Consulting Services for Wierzchowice Underground Gas Storage Plant in Poland

Sept. 12, 2011 - PRLog -- Due to the fact that storage volumes as well as the injection and withdrawal rates of gas currently available in Poland are not sufficient for the country’s needs, the Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG), the leader of the Polish natural gas market, decided to implement an intensive program of underground gas storage development. The program covers the expansion of both existing and the construction of new facilities. One of the facilities scheduled for expansion is the Underground Gas Storage Plant (UGS) in Wierzchowice, the west part of Poland. Established in a partly depleted gas reservoir, the Underground Gas Storage Plant is a high-methane gas storage facility.

In order to both proceed with such an extensive project in compliance with all relevant regulations and requirements, and to keep the project within the planned time schedule and budget, the project owner looked for a reliable inspection, verification, testing and certification company (http://www.sgs.com/_industrial?lobId=5550).

In January 2010, due to its substantial experience and competence, SGS Poland was assigned a contract to provide complex Technical Consulting Services for the project, including Design Verification, Construction Supervision as well as Quality Assurance and Quality Control.

SGS provided extensive Design Verification services in order to verify at the earliest possible stage that the expansion project is designed to the required standards, criteria and legislation with regards to material selection, design and requisite safety levels. A team of highly experienced SGS experts reviewed design drawings, structural and geotechnical design as well as installation specifications and material certificates.

Based on its extensive skills in the construction industry, SGS also conducts Construction Supervision (http://www.sgs.com/construction__building_infratrsucture_...) for the expansion of the Wierzchowice Underground Gas Storage Plant. With a team of highly qualified experts, SGS supports the client with professional and technical advisory services based on supplied inspections, OEM approval test participation, technical documentation and assessments in order to achieve quality, timing and budget as per the contract agreed with the client. SGS carries out independent site inspections in order to guarantee that the expansion works are conducted according to Polish building requirements and mining laws and in addition, SGS provides reports to the client on a monthly basis. Furthermore, SGS helps the client reduce technical risks and prevent construction errors. SGS also effectively supports the client to keep the construction project within its planned schedule. In addition, a team of SGS experts conducts Quality Assurance and Quality Control onsite, whereby SGS verifies materials and machinery equipment through checks, audits, inspection and witnessing in order to ensure that the construction works are in compliance with all contractual specifications, codes, standards and government regulations.

Due to SGS’s help, the expansion works of the Underground Gas Storage Plant in Wierzchowice are conducted in accordance with all standards and requirements within the planned time schedule.

About SGS Industrial Services

Industrial Services is one of the major Business Lines of the SGS Group, a global service provider for technical verification, inspection, testing and conformity assessment. SGS Industrial Services ensures that the customer’s installations, material, equipment, facilities and projects meet all quality and performance requirements, whether they are regulatory, voluntary or customer based. Industrial Services has decades’ worth of experience and some remarkable references in serving key industries, such as Construction, Industrial Manufacturing & Trade, Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industry, Power Generation and Transmission, Banks and Financial Institutions as well as Renewable Energy.


For further information, please contact:

SGS Industrial Services
Zbigniew Gargas
Conventional Power Vice President
t: +48 22 329 22 50

E-Mail: industrial.pr@sgs.com
Website: www.sgs.com/industrial

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