Realise the benefits of our expertise and experience of gas chain operations from upstream of the entry point of the network through to combustion and end use. Our consultants have between them decades of experience in gas operations, gas market development, downstream processes and regulatory and safety management, which can help to ensure that you make the most informed and risk optimised decisions.
Gas Network Project Development
Our consultants can work with you to build confidence in the feasibility of a new City Gas project, from feasibility through to engineering management, whether on a new greenfield site or in conversion from an existing network to natural gas or hydrogen. Elements of our offering include:
Network planning and management
Market assessment and development
Regulatory development
Safety Framework, environment and safety case build and review
Gas quality assessments and advisory, including advice on potentially hazardous substances, and processing requirements for compliance
Business structure optimization
Gas conversion and master planning
Regulatory, safety and environmental needs development
Gas Chain Advisory
Our consultants can bring value through understanding of the whole spectrum of gas technologies.
Safety and integrity, including emergency response
Pipeline materials
Combustion and downstream applications
End use technology – domestic, commercial and industrial
Natural gas vehicles – technoeconomic assessments and advisory
New markets and new technologies
Energy system convergence and renewable integration
Gas quality management and requirements for conventional and new gases
LNG as a fuel
Storage including diurnal and strategic
Integrity management and asset optimization and replacement planning
Our consultants have direct experience of operating and managing real gas distribution and transmission networks, and therefore understand the challenge faced by operators in ensuring the integrity and compliance of their networks. Specific skills include:
Environmental impact assessments
Safety framework development and compliance
Emergency response planning
Compliance assurance and quality assessments
Development and assessment of standard operating procedures
Incident investigation
