Storage of Hydrocarbons in Underground Formations

Designation Number:
CSA Z341
Standard Type:
National Standard of Canada - Domestic
Standard Development Activity:
New Edition
ICS code(s):
23.020
Status:
NOI withdrawn
SDO Comment Period Start Date:
SDO Comment Period End Date:
Posted On:

Scope:

Note: This notice of intent was withdrawn by the responsible SDO on October 31, 2023.

This Standard sets out minimum requirements for the design, construction, operation, maintenance, abandonment, and safety of hydrocarbon or hydrogen storage in underground salt caverns and associated equipment. The equipment considered includes:

  1. storage wellhead and Christmas tree assemblies;
  2. wells and subsurface equipment; and
  3. safety equipment, including monitoring, control, and emergency shutdown systems.

Hydrocarbons within the scope of this Standard include crude oil, diesel, natural gas, methane, ethane, propane, butane, and other hydrocarbons by themselves or in mixtures. This standard also applies to underground storage of hydrogen and hydrogen blends.

Project need:

To support industry with the shift to hydrogen and hydrogen blends

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