HISTORY OF THE EMERGENCE OF UNDERGROUND GAS STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The article analyzes the historical aspect and modern experience of underground gas storage, which makes it possible to more thoroughly master the monitoring of the operation of the gas transportation system and underground gas storages of Ukraine, to find new ways in analytical, experimental and practical solutions to the problems of gas transportation and storage. It has been proven that in today's extremely difficult economic conditions, the research of underground gas storage technologies is a relevant and urgent issue of ensuring Ukraine's energy independence and gas transportation to strategic European partners. In this connection, many questions arise regarding the organization and implementation of this type of work. As a result of the study, it was established that fuel is the energy complex of Ukraine, like the majority developed countries of the world, is a complex material system production, a set of many subsystems covering production, transformation, distribution, storage and consumption energy carriers A special place belongs to the gas industry. For of Ukraine, which ranks 15th in the world in terms of gas production, and in terms of its consumption, it is surpassed only by Russia and the USA, remains the most important task for the coming years providing consumers with natural gas in sufficient quantities. The article examines the historical development of the gas storage network in Ukraine and abroad, physical and chemical properties of natural gases, processes underground gas storage and transportation, technological peculiarities and man-made changes in underground gas storage, a as well as safety rules for the operation of underground gas storage facilities.