The installation of three LNG plants and the creation of the new infrastructures boost MRG’s development
Liquefied natural gas plants
Throughout this year we have commissioned three liquefied natural gas plants (LNG) in order to supply the distribution networks in the municipalities of Guadalix de la Sierra, Torrelaguna and Talamanca del Jarama; with a capacity of 30 m3 destined for both Guadalix and Torrelaguna, and 20 m3 in the case of Talamanca. These plants are designed to operate continuously. Their operation is controlled using a local Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and telesupervised from our Control Centre in order to guarantee safety at all times, both for the people and material assets. To do this, strict safety measures have been incorporated into the design and construction of the plants:
- Fire protection and extinguishing installations.
- Perimeter security of the plant against intrusion.
- Automatic gas detection and shut-off system in the boiler room.
- Safe distances according to capacity (20 m3 o 30 m3), in accordance with UNE 60210/2011.
- Arrangement of safety vales in order to prevent overpressure in the inner vessel of the storage tank.
- Collection basins to safeguard against spillages for absorption of possible leaks of dimensions according to the capacity of the tanks.
- Earthing network for electrical installation.
- Own service teams available 24 hours per day, 365 days a year, for taking any action in the event of emergency.
- All external resources set out in the emergency plan within the Special Civil Protection Plan to be applied in each case.
All of the above means that only our operators need to be present for service tasks, such as: the regular filling of the tank by tanker trucks from the Sagunto regasification plant; scheduled maintenance tasks and/or resolution of alarms that may be triggered, etc.
New infrastructures
This year, Madrileña Red de Gas has addressed the infrastructure needed to supply the town of Quijorna, establishing the connection from Enagás in Villanueva de la Cañada, with a length of 3,000 m, and the construction of a new Regulation and Metering Station (RMS), of 2,500 m3.
Moreover, we have established connections to the Felipe II and La Pizarra residential developments, both in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.
Another important milestone during this period has been the establishment of the connection and internal infrastructure for providing service to the Alcorcón partial industrial development plan. The latter will have the companies IKEA and BRICOMART as its reference customers. This connection included the crossroads of the Carretera National V motorway, by the directional drilling of more than 130 m, the longest in the Community of Madrid.
Elsewhere, development has begun of several partial plans for residential, tertiary or industrial use, which has meant a 6,490 m increase in the pipeline.
All the infrastructures form part of the completion.
In 2015, of the internationalisation process of network analysis and dimensioning.