Fronhofen natural gas storage facility
The H-gas storage facility Fronhofen is located in southern Germany in Upper Swabia.
It was established in 1997 in the trigonodus dolomite of the former Fronhofen-Illmensee natural gas reservoir.
As a pore storage facility with a working gas volume of approx. 10 million m³n, it contributes to balancing the demand gap between summer and winter months and to securing the gas supply of Stuttgart, the state capital of Baden-Württemberg.
Profile
- Location: Baden-Württemberg
- Storage type: pore storage
- Gas quality: H-gas
- Geologicalformation: Trigonodus-Dolomite / Ob. shell limestone
- Depth: 1,300 m below ground level
- Working gas volume: approx. 10 million m³n
- Max. injection capacity: 20,000 m³n/h
- Max. withdrawal capacity: 30,000 m³n/h
- Number of storage wells: 6
- Year of construction / commissioning: 1997
- Market area / Network operator: Trading Hub Europe (THE) / terranets BW
Safety information according to accident law
Safety flyers and data for on-site inspections in accordance with §16 StörfallV can be found in our media libarary (german)
