Costain to carry out the surface element of FEED

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Infrastrata PLC

23 April 2018

 

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23 April 2018

InfraStrata plc

("InfraStrata" or the "Company")

Contract with Costain to carry out the surface element of the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) of the Islandmagee gas storage project

The Board of InfraStrata plc (AIM: INFA), the UK quoted company focused on gas storage, is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a contract with Costain to carry out the surface element of the Front End Engineering Design ("FEED") for the Islandmagee gas storage project (the "Project"). 

Work by Costain is to start imminently and enables InfraStrata to carry out the surface element of the FEED programme this year and within the rules and timescales of the EU funding grant.  A contractor for the subsurface elements of the FEED programme has been identified and the Company plans to conclude this contract shortly.

Adrian Pocock, Chief Executive of InfraStrata, commented:

"We are delighted to confirm that we have now signed this key contract with Costain, who have been immensely supportive in helping us to reach this significant milestone in the development of the salt cavern gas storage facility in Islandmagee, Northern Ireland."

For further information, please contact:

InfraStrata plc Adrian Pocock, Chief Executive	c/o Yellow Jersey [phone]
Allenby Capital Limited (AIM Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker) Jeremy Porter / Alex Brearley / Liz Kirchner	[phone]
SI Capital Limited (Joint Broker) Nick Emerson	[phone]
Yellow Jersey Tim Thomson	[phone]

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The Front End Engineering & Design (FEED) and Insitu Downhole Testing programme for the Islandmagee gas storage project is co-financed by the European Union's Connecting Europe Facility.

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Notes:

InfraStrata is an independent gas storage company focused on the UK and Ireland. Further information is available on the Company's website: www.infrastrata.co.uk.

Background on the Islandmagee Storage Project

The Islandmagee gas storage project is a proposed salt cavern gas storage facility located on Islandmagee in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The Board of InfraStrata believes that the proposed 500 million cubic metres Natural Gas Cavern Storage facility will provide over 25% of the UK's Natural Gas Storage once constructed, and will be situated adjacent to the Scotland Northern Ireland (gas) Pipeline (SNIP) and the Moyle 500 Megawatt Electricity Interconnector. Work commenced in 2007 with the acquisition of 3D seismic data to image the Permian salt in the Larne Lough area. During 2012, planning permission was granted for the project and a gas storage licence was issued by the Utility Regulator. In 2015 a well was drilled to core the salt and confirm the technical feasibility of the project, supported in part by the Commission. To date approximately £11.5m has been invested in the project.

Further information is available on the company's website: www.infrastrata.co.uk

 

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