New scope of accreditation for the Gas Quality Measurement Laboratory of GAZ-SYSTEM S.A.
On 16 December 2011, the Laboratory for Gas Quality Measurement operating within the structures of GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. received the decision from the Polish Centre for Accreditation regarding the accreditation of further test methods.
At present, the scope of accreditation of the Gas Quality Measurement Laboratory includes:
1. the performance of basic and extended analyses of natural gas composition using gas chromatography,
2. dew point temperature tests using chilled mirror dewpoint hygrometers,
3. gas sample collection,
4. working environment noise measurement taking,
5. mechanical vibration measurement taking in terms of its overall effects on the human body,
6. mechanical vibration measurement transferred by the upper extremities,
7. dew point temperature taking with the use of dew point temperature sensors.
The full scope of accreditation for the Gas Quality Measurement Laboratory can be found on the website of the Polish Centre for Accreditation: http://www.pca.gov.pl/zakresy/AB/AB%201228.pdf
The Gas Quality Measurement Laboratory (GQML) in the structures of the Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A., Branch Office in Tarnów, was established in February 2008. The Laboratory is the first organisational unit in GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. that possesses high-class, advanced measurement apparatus for measuring gas quality parameters, dew point temperature, noise level and mechanical vibrations.The Laboratory also possesses one of the most innovative units in Poland for calibrating dew point temperature sensors.
The Gas Quality Measurement Laboratory also performs tests in the scope of sulphur compound analyses in natural gas, including THT content control tests using gas chromatography.
The Laboratory renders accredited method services to GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. as well as to external customers.
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The Gas Transmission Operator GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. is a strategic company for the Polish economy responsible for natural gas transmissions throughout Poland. The Company manages assets worth in excess of 5 bn PLN comprised mainly of elements of the transmission system, e.g. more than 9.7 thousand km of high pressure pipelines, 15 compressor stations, 56 hubs and 970 exit points. The Company employs over 2,000 people.
GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. will build over 1,000 km of new gas transmission pipelines by 2014. The most important will be constructed in North Western and Central Poland (Szczecin-Lwówek, Świnoujście-Szczecin, Szczecin-Gdańsk, Włocławek-Gdynia, Rembelszczyzna-Gustorzyn, and Gustorzyn-Odolanów), as well as in Lower Silesia (Polkowice-Żary, and Jeleniów-Dziwiszów). The development of the gas pipeline network in Poland may constitute an important element of the North – South Gas Corridor joining the LNG terminal in Świnoujście with the planned Adria LNG terminal and with the Nabucco gas pipeline with the aid of the internal transmission infrastructure of Central European countries.
GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. is also developing gas pipelines in Lower Silesia, which will enable the off-take of greater volumes of gas from the western direction. Once the development of the system has been completed in 2011, it will be possible to transport up to 1.5 bcm of gas annually (current capacity amounts to 0.9 bcm of gas annually) via the Lasów point on the Polish - German border.
In 2011, GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. completed the construction of the Włocławek-Gdynia gas pipeline, the gas compressor station in Goleniów, and the gas compressor station in Jarosław. The Company has also started up the new Polish - Czech Interconnector, which will enable the transport of approx. 0.5 bcm of gas annually.
