Handbook of Underground Gas Storages and Technology in China

Ma Xinhua is a professor-level senior engineer. He is an important figure in promoting the construction of underground gas storage in China and a well-known expert in the field of natural gas. He is in charge of the selection of underground gas storage sites in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and along the West-East Gas Pipeline. He established the underground gas storage site selection evaluation index system and methods for use in the complex geological conditions in China, completed a feasibility study of the Jintan Salt Cavern Gas Storage project, and opened up a new field in China, that is, the construction of underground gas storage spaces. He is currently the head of the Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development CNPC, the secretary of the party committee and general manager of Petro China Southwest Oil and Gas Field Company, an executive member of the Chinese Petroleum Society, the director of the Natural Gas Committee of the Chinese Petroleum Society, andthe deputy director of the Petroleum Geology Committee of the Geological Society of China. The Professor Ma Xinhua’s technical research team has overcome key technical challenges, such as the efficient injection production in reservoirs with strong heterogeneity, dynamic geological body sealing, deep ultra-low pressure reservoir drilling, completion, reservoir protection, and efficient treatment of large ground flow. This makes the underground gas storage site selection and construction technologies the most appropriate for the complex geological conditions in China and elsewhere in the world.

Summary of UGSs in the World.- Existing UGSs in China.- Market Demand and Resource Distribution of UGS in China.- Technologies for Construction of Gas Reservoir UGS.- Technologies for Construction of Salt Cavern UGS.- UGS Integrity Management and Risk Control.- UGS Operation Management Model.