Tuzgölü Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility Phase 2

The construction of the Tuz Gölü Natural Gas Storage Project, one of the most important projects developed by BOTAŞ within the framework of ensuring the security of energy supply, was started in 2011 in the Sultanhanı district of Aksaray province. By the end of 2021, with the completion of Phase I and subsequent expansion (Phase II), the project aims to reach a storage capacity of 5.4 billion Sm3 and a daily return production capacity of 80 million Sm3. The Phase I work has been completed and has reached a working gas capacity of 1.2 billion Sm3 and a daily withdrawal capacity of 40 million Sm3.

Phase II of the Salt Lake Natural Gas Storage Facility consists of a total of 40 caverns and freshwater transmission facilities used in the drilling of wells and surface facilities for the liquid-gas/gas-liquid conversion of natural gas by pumping freshwater into salt wells drilled 1.5 km underground.

The Phase II project, which will commence in 2019, will be the largest natural gas storage facility in salt structures in the world, with a target storage capacity of 4.2 billion Sm3.

Our company has been providing “Project Management” and “Technical Consultancy” services and partial mechanical, piping and civil engineering design support to Yüksel Proje, the project contractor, in relation to the project, which will be included in the project at the end of 2020 and is scheduled to be completed in 2024, and has been providing communication with BOTAŞ, Consultant Company PSE Gmbh and İÇTAŞ and CAMCE partnership in EPC companies with the authorization of Yüksel Proje during the process.

It is a source of pride for Enprotek to be involved in this project of strategic importance for our country.