SGN Natural Gas Bringing Gas to Strabane

SGN Natural Gas

Natural Gas

Bringing gas to Strabane

SGN has supported the Northern Ireland gas industry since the first introduction of natural gas in 1996

Who are we?

SGN Natural Gas is a new company formed as part of the SGN Group to bring natural gas to the west of Northern Ireland.

We will own and operate the mains, services and meters delivering natural gas within Coalisland, Cookstown, Derrylin, Dungannon, Enniskillen, Magherafelt, Omagh and Strabane.

SGN is the second largest gas distribution company in the UK and provides a safe and secure gas supply to 5.8 million customers across Scotland and the south of England.

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These networks consist of 74,000km of gas pipes ranging from high pressure transmission lines, to transport gas to major towns and cities, down to the low pressure networks, distributing gas to local communities.

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Project scope

Emerging route corridor

Working with the Utility Regulator, we have agreed a plan for extending the low pressure network in the west of Northern Ireland and are currently developing more detailed designs which will include timetables for each town.

DERRY / L’DERRY

STRABANE

Why is the work happening?

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Bringing local people in the West of Northern Ireland a reliable and constant fuel supply which is versatile, convenient and controllable Providing the opportunity to connect 40K new customers to natural gas Saving customers money with natural gas appliances and heating Benefiting the environment by increased uptake of natural gas, the cleanest fossil fuel Reducing greenhouse gas emissions Sustaining new jobs after the network is complete

COALISLAND

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Gas to the West is a major energy infrastructure project to extend the benefits of natural gas to thousands more homes and businesses in the west of Northern Ireland. Natural gas provides an affordable, cleaner and convenient form of energy. Benefits include: Ÿ

COOKSTOWN

DUNGANNON PORTADOWN ENNISKILLEN

DERRYLIN

Key Existing gas transmission system Potential Gas to the West HP system Potential Gas to the West IP system Strabane connection

In Derry / L’derry and Portadown we’ll be connecting to the existing gas transmission system

BELFAST

We will be constructing approximately 200km of pipeline linking eight towns to the existing network: Coalisland, Cookstown, Derrylin, Dungannon, Enniskillen, Magherafelt, Omagh and Strabane. In addition, we will also be laying a further 500km of gas mains and services within all the towns to deliver gas to homes and businesses.

Gas will first be available in Strabane in late 2016.

When will work take place?

We will be constructing the new pipeline from Maydown to Strabane with a minimum of inconvenience and working with all those who may be affected.

McNicholas has been appointed as the contractor and the work will commence on 2 November 2015, lasting for approximately 12 months.

Working hours Our planned working hours during the gas pipeline construction will be 7am to 7pm, Monday to Saturday. These working hours may vary at times as the project progresses, depending on the exact stage of construction and available daylight hours.

Occasional Sunday working may be required but this will be kept to a minimum.

Contacts While work is taking place in your area, please feel free to speak to engineers on site. They will be happy to try to address any concerns or requirements you or others may have about our work. Alternatively, if you’d like to get in touch to discuss anything regarding this project you can speak to our Customer Service team on

0800 975 7774

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info@SGNNaturalGas.co.uk

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