Letter of intent – Horizon 2020

Letter of intent – Horizon 2020
Large scale energy storage – Reversing compressor
CALL: H2020-LCE-2015-3, topic: LCE – 09 – 2015
During 100 years, NAFTA (incl. original NAFTA group predecessors) has so far discovered more than 25
bcm of geological stock of natural gas, 3.7 million tons of oil, nearly 0.4 million tons of gasoline and has
drilled approximately 2 860 wells. Our Underground Gas Storage working volume after forty years of
continuous development including recent substantial enlargement from 2003 to 2012 shall total up 2,5
bcm by year 2014.
E&P Team includes experts in several areas, mainly Geology, Geophysics and Reservoir Engineering,
Drilling design, supervision, Technology, Investment and Group of consultants/advisors with
international experience. In project/prospect interpretation and evaluation, NAFTA makes use inter alia
of the Schlumberger software suite comprised of Geoframe, Petrel, Eclipse, Interactive Petrophysics.
NAFTA can offer various services in the project implementation period, such as: location for testing of
new technologies and products, demonstration activities, pilot implementation in industrial settings and
skilled engineers in the area of E&P, UGS incl. development of new storage facilities. For UGS appliances,
NAFTA can provide a highly sophisticated, modern and unique underground gas storage complex
comprising of several entry/exit points, more than 7 (main) geological structures of different operating
pressure, broad network of internal interconnecting pipelines and two central stations with several
satellite gathering stations, all interconnected into one complex.
Main goal is to develop and test in real life scenario innovative and feasible E&P and/or UGS equipment
for the energy industrial sector, which could be used in other production processes in different industry
types as well.
CURRENT CALL
COOPERATION
UGS expertise include fields of gas compressors operation, control systems management, advanced
automation in regard to newest SEVESO directives /HAZOP methodologies, appliance of modern
maintenance techniques and field of state of the art computer aided simulating solutions (various gas
flow and compressors payloads simulating programs) ensuring fully flexible operation.
GOAL
COMPANY OVERVIEW
NAFTA – Joint stock Company with 100 years of experience in the oil and gas industry and with 40 years
of experience in UGS services seeks partners in order to participate in the Horizon 2020 program.
For a current call: Large scale energy storage, NAFTA would be happy to cooperate as a project member
and provide for desirable testing conditions in an innovative project of developing a reversing
compressor (i.e. compressor used for storing excess electricity using different pressures of UGS
geological structures). However, if a perspective partner sees another potentially viable technology, we
are also fully opened to alternative schemes relevant to our field of work and above mentioned call.
Partner offering expertise: NAFTA a.s.
Our expertise: Exploration and Production, Drilling, Underground Gas Storage
Description of the collaboration sought:
We are looking for partners and/ or project coordinator that has experience and knowledge in
managing consortia and in project proposing. Partners are to be willing to develop new systems that
would be innovative and efficient in the energy production processes.
Expertise sought: mechanical engineering – designing of compressors, electricity storage in compressed
air/gas, energy management
We are looking for/ roles sought: Project coordinator, project participant
Contact person for NAFTA: Mr. Tibor Hodnič ([email protected], mobile/cell ph.: +421 907 701 658)

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