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This document is Part 3 of a European Standard for underground gas storage, which comprises the following five parts: Part 1: Functional recommendations for storage in aquifers; Part 2: Functional recommendations for storage in oil and gas fields; Part 3: Functional recommendations for storage in solution-mined salt cavities; Part 4: Functional recommendations for storage in rock caverns; Part 5: Functional recommendations for surface facilities. Part 3 covers the functional recommendations for design, construction, testing, commissioning, operation, maintenance and abandonment of underground gas storage (UGS) facilities in solution-mined salt caverns up to and including the wellhead. This document (EN 1918-4:2016) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 234 "Gas infrastructure", the secretariat of which is held by DIN. The committee responsible for this standard is NA 032-02-07 AA "Untertagespeicher" ("Gas underground storage") at DIN.
This document replaces DIN EN 1918-3:1998-07 .