TOTAL’S subsidiary Total Infrastructures Gaz France (TIGF) is to invest over £270 million to extend existing pipelines and underground reservoirs in the SW of France and build a gas pipeline to the north of the country, TIGF’s director of operations Monique Delamarre said recently. Ms Delamarre said demand for gas is set to exceed that for petrol, and it is therefore vital that the group invest in gas infrastructure.
"According to the international energy agency," she said, "demand for gas is set to grow from 3%/yr to 60%/yr between 2004 and 2030." To meet this rise, TIGF intends to invest £137 million in expanding the underground gas reservoir in Lussagnet, SW France, adding an extra 100m cum/yr of capacity up to 2018.
"Our aim is to be able to cope with sharp peaks in demand, for example during the winter months," Ms Delamarre said. TIGF will also invest £125 million in constructing the Guyenne gas pipeline which will connect Lussagnet with the north of the country, and £9 million in extending the pipelines between Lussagnet and the other SW reservoir at Izaute.
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