UK consulting and engineering firm Wood has been awarded a contract by Centrica Energy Storage (CES) for the redevelopment of the UK’s Rough field in readiness for future hydrogen storage.
The Rough reservoir, located in the Southern North Sea, has been used to store natural gas for over thirty years and has the potential to provide over half of the UK’s hydrogen storage requirements.
The front-end engineering design (FEED) contract awarded to Wood entails new pipelines, a new unmanned installation, and onshore injection facilities at the Easington Gas Terminal. The contract award will create around 50 new roles in the UK.
A final investment decision for the Rough Redevelopment project still depends on a government support model that would underpin gas storage investment in the UK.
“We are proud to be a part of this innovative redevelopment project, critical to the UK’s long-term energy security and its industrial decarbonisation commitments. Hydrogen, alongside offshore wind and carbon capture and storage, is vital to the UK’s net zero ambition and will be key to decarbonising industries, transport and power,” said Steve Nicol, executive president of operations at Wood.
