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Wel comet ot het hi r dedi t i onofour SGN Nat ur alGasnewsl et t er Wel comet oI s s ue3ofournews l et t erwhi chi sai medat keepi ngours t akehol der supt odat eont heexpans i onoft he SGN Nat ur alGasnet wor ki nt heWes t er nar eaofNor t her n I r el and,aswel lass har i ngnewsofourmos tr ecentpr oj ect mi l es t ones . Whi l es ever eadver s eweat heratt hes t ar toft heyear pr es ent eds omeunf or es eenchal l engesi nr el at i ont o cons t r uct i onwor ks chedul es ,wehaves i ncemade I s sue2-May201 8 s i gni ficantpr ogr es s . Not abl eachi evement si nr ecentmont hsi ncl udet he compl et i onofanumberofhi ghl ys peci al i s tpi ecesof engi neer i ngwor ki nvol vi ngs ever alkeyr i vercr os s i ngsi n Co.Fer managh. ocusi st oens ur eal lwor ki scar r i edouts af el yandt hat Ourmai nf anydayt odaydi s r upt i onf orl ocalr es i dent sandbus i nes s esi s mi ni mi s ed.Thi si ses peci al l yper t i nentf ort owncent r ear easandmai nar t er i alr out eswher et r affic managementi scl os el ys cr ut i ni s ed. Pos i t i vecommuni t yengagementi sani nt egr alpar tofourr es pons i bi l i t i esi nt hes ucces s f uldel i ver yoft hi s maj ori nf r as t r uct ur epr oj ectand,wewi l lcont i nuet os er vel ocalcommuni t i eseffect i vel yt hr oughourwel l es t abl i s hedcommuni cat i onpr ot ocol s . Iam pl eas edt or epor tt hatt hepr oj ectt obr i ngnat ur algast oei ghtt ownsi nt heWes ti scur r ent l yon t r ackt obeoper at i onali nt hes econdquar t erofnextyear .Lar gecommer ci alcus t omer swi l lbeconnect ed i ni t i al l yandonwar ddi s t r i but i ont odomes t i ccus t omer si nt her emai ni ngt ownsi nt henet wor kar eacan t henber ol l edout . Iwoul dl i ket ot aket hi soppor t uni t yonceagai nt ot hankourpr oj ectt eam f oral lt hei rhar dwor kt odat ei n connect i ngmanynew cus t omer si nSt r abanewher ear ound2, 000homesandbus i nes s esnow haveacces s t onat ur algaswi t hal lt hebenefit st hatflow f r om t hat ,mos tnot abl yi mpr ovedener gyeffici encyand r educedf uelcos t s .
Wel comet ot het hi r dedi t i onofour SGN Nat ur alGasnewsl et t er
LacPat r i ckseei ngbenefit soneyearon
Dai r ycoopLacPat r i ckDai r i esi sal r eadyder i vi ngbus i nes sbenefit sayearonf r om connect i ngt onat ur algas ati t smul t i mi l l i onpoundmi l kpr oces s i ngpl anti nAr t i gar van,CoTyr one. LacPat r i ck’ s£30m dai r yt echnol ogycent r ewasconnect edi n201 7aspar tofamaj ori nves t mentpr ovi di ngt he capaci t yt opr oces smi l ki nbot hNor t her nI r el andandt heRepubl i cofI r el and. Wel comet oI s s uet hr eeofournews l et t erwhi chi sai medat Thek n e w g a so s u ps p l y wa sl a k e y e l e me n t of a r ge r i n v e s t me n t a t r i ckwhi chmakesbut t er ,l i qui dmi l k, e e pi n g u r t a k eho de r s u p t od a t e oa nl t h e e xp a n s i o no f t h eLacPat chee s e a n d p o wd e r s a t i t s s t a t e o f t h e a r t p l a n t l o c a t e d n e a r S t r a b a n e . SGN Nat ur alGasnet wor ki nt heWes t er nar eaofNor t her n
I r el and,aswel lass har i ngnewsofourmos tr ecentpr oj ect SGNmi Nl a t u r a l G a sDi r ect orDannyO’ Mal l eys ai d:“ Thi sconnect i onmar kedas i gni ficantmi l es t onei nt he e s t o n e s . devel opmentoft heSGN Nat ur alGasnet wor kwhi chwi l lul t i mat el ybr i ngnat ur algast ot hous andsofhomes andWh bus i n s s e s i na e i g hr t k e yt o wn s n h e s t o r t h e r nI r el and. i l ee s e v e r e d ve s e we at he ri a tt t h ewe s t a r to of fN t h e y e a r
pr es ent eds omeunf or es eenchal l engesi nr el at i ont o “ A ye ar o n f r o m s wi t c hi n g t o n a u r alg a s , La c P a t r i ck sal r eadys eei ngt hebenefit sf ort hebus i nes si ncl udi nga co ns t r u c t i on wo r k s c he du l et s , we h a v e s i n c e ma di e I s s u e 2 Ma y 2 0 1 8 r edu c t i o n i n i t s e n e r g y c o s t s . T h i s l o n g e s t a b l i s h e d l o c a l e mp l o y e r i s l e a d i n g t h e wa y f o r c o n t i n u e d s u c c e s s s i gni ficantpr ogr es s . compet i ngi ni nt er nat i onalexpor tmar ket s ,al lf uel l edbynat ur algas . ” Not abl eachi evement si nr ecentmont hsi ncl udet he r i emp lD’ A r c y ,C h i e E x ecu t i v e f L a cP a r i c kl , s ai d r ee ds uc ngener gycos t swasakeyf act ori nt hecoop’ sdeci s i on Gabc o l e t i o n o f af n u mb e r o fo hi g h l y s pt e c i a i s t p i e c oi f t oi n v e s t £ 3 0 m a t t h e s t a t e o f t h e a r t f a c i l i t y i n A r t i g a r v a n . engi neer i ngwor ki nvol vi ngs ever alkeyr i vercr os s i ngsi n Co.Fer managh. Headded:“ Wear ehappyt hatayearonourvi s i oni sal r eadybei ngr eal i s edandwear el ooki ngf or war dt o max i mi s i n g o u r c o s t e ffic i e n c i e s b y u s i n g n a t u r a l g a s i n t h e y e a r s a h e a d . I t p l a y s a c r i t i c a l r o l e i n L a c P a t r i c k ocusi st oens ur eal lwor ki scar r i edouts af el yandt hat Ourmai nf bei n g a b l e t o p a s s o n a l l s a v i n g s a n d r e t u r n s f r o m t h e ma r k e t t o o u r s u p p l i e r s . ” anydayt odaydi s r upt i onf orl ocalr es i dent sandbus i nes s esi s mi ni mi s ed.Thi si ses peci al l yper t i nentf ort owncent r ear easandmai nar t er i alr out eswher et r affic managementi scl os el ys cr ut i ni s ed.
Pos i t i vecommuni t yengagementi sani nt egr alpar tofourr es pons i bi l i t i esi nt hes ucces s f uldel i ver yoft hi s maj ori nf r as t r uct ur epr oj ectand,wewi l lcont i nuet os er vel ocalcommuni t i eseffect i vel yt hr oughourwel l es t abl i s hedcommuni cat i onpr ot ocol s . Iam pl eas edt or epor tt hatt hepr oj ectt obr i ngnat ur algast oei ghtt ownsi nt heWes ti scur r ent l yon t r ackt obeoper at i onali nt hes econdquar t erofnextyear .Lar gecommer ci alcus t omer swi l lbeconnect ed i ni t i al l yandonwar ddi s t r i but i ont odomes t i ccus t omer si nt her emai ni ngt ownsi nt henet wor kar eacan t henber ol l edout . Iwoul dl i ket ot aket hi soppor t uni t yonceagai nt ot hankourpr oj ectt eam f oral lt hei rhar dwor kt odat ei n connect i ngmanynew cus t omer si nSt r abanewher ear ound2, 000homesandbus i nes s esnow haveacces s t onat ur algaswi t hal lt hebenefit st hatflow f r om t hat ,mos tnot abl yi mpr ovedener gyeffici encyand r educedf uelcos t s .
DannyO' Mal l ey,Di r ect orSGN Nat ur alGasandJohnFr ench,Chi efExecut i veoft heCons umerCounci l ,pi ct ur eddur i ngan opendayatLacPat r i ck.
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Wel comet ot het hi r dedi t i onofour SGN Nat ur alGasnewsl et t er
Dai r ycoopLacPat r i ckDai r i esi sal r eadyder i vi ngbus i nes sbenefit sayearonf r om connect i ngt onat ur algas ati t smul t i mi l l i onpoundmi l kpr oces s i ngpl anti nAr t i gar van,CoTyr one. LacPat r i ck’ s£30m dai r yt echnol ogycent r ewasconnect edi n201 7aspar tofamaj ori nves t mentpr ovi di ngt he capaci t yt opr oces smi l ki nbot hNor t her nI r el andandt heRepubl i cofI r el and. Wel comet oI s s uet hr eeofournews l et t erwhi chi sai medat Thek n e w g a so s u ps p l y wa sl a k e y e l e me n t of a r ge r i n v e s t me n t a t r i ckwhi chmakesbut t er ,l i qui dmi l k, e e pi n g u r t a k eho de r s u p t od a t e oa nl t h e e xp a n s i o no f t h eLacPat chee s e a n d p o wd e r s a t i t s s t a t e o f t h e a r t p l a n t l o c a t e d n e a r S t r a b a n e . SGN Nat ur alGasnet wor ki nt heWes t er nar eaofNor t her n
I r el and,aswel lass har i ngnewsofourmos tr ecentpr oj ect SGNmi Nl a t u r a l G a sDi r ect orDannyO’ Mal l eys ai d:“ Thi sconnect i onmar kedas i gni ficantmi l es t onei nt he e s t o n e s . devel opmentoft heSGN Nat ur alGasnet wor kwhi chwi l lul t i mat el ybr i ngnat ur algast ot hous andsofhomes andWh bus i n s s e s i na e i g hr t k e yt o wn s n h e s to of ft N o t h e r nI r el and. i l ee s e v e r e d ve s e we at he ri a tt t h eWe s t ar t h er y e a r
pr es ent eds omeunf or es eenchal l engesi nr el at i ont o “ A ye ar o n f r o m s wi t c hi n g t o n a u r alg a s , La c P a t r i ck sal r eadys eei ngt hebenefit sf ort hebus i nes si ncl udi nga co ns t r u c t i on wo r k s c he du l et s , we h a v e s i n c e ma di e I s s u e 2 Ma y 2 0 1 8 r edu c t i o n i n i t s e n e r g y c o s t s . T h i s l o n g e s t a b l i s h e d l o c a l e mp l o y e r i s l e a d i n g t h e wa y f o r c o n t i n u e d s u c c e s s s i gni ficantpr ogr es s . compet i ngi ni nt er nat i onalexpor tmar ket s ,al lf uel l edbynat ur algas . ” Not abl eachi evement si nr ecentmont hsi ncl udet he r i emp lD’ A r c y ,C h i e E x ecu t i v e f L a cP a r i c kl , s ai d r ee ds uc ngener gycos t swasakeyf act ori nt hecoop’ sdeci s i on Gabc o l e t i o n o f af n u mb e r o fo hi g h l y s pt e c i a i s t p i e c oi f t oi n v e s t £ 3 0 m a t t h e s t a t e o f t h e a r t f a c i l i t y i n A r t i g a r v a n . engi neer i ngwor ki nvol vi ngs ever alkeyr i vercr os s i ngsi n Co.Fer managh. Headded:“ Wear ehappyt hatayearonourvi s i oni sal r eadybei ngr eal i s edandwear el ooki ngf or war dt o max i mi s i n g o u r c o s t e ffic i e n c i e s b y u s i n g n a t u r a l g a s i n t h e y e a r s a h e a d . I t p l a y s a c r i t i c a l r o l e i n L a c P a t r i c k ocusi st oens ur eal lwor ki scar r i edouts af el yandt hat Ourmai nf bei n g a b l e t o p a s s o n a l l s a v i n g s a n d r e t u r n s f r o m t h e ma r k e t t o o u r s u p p l i e r s . ” anydayt odaydi s r upt i onf orl ocalr es i dent sandbus i nes s esi s mi ni mi s ed.Thi si ses peci al l yper t i nentf ort owncent r ear easandmai nar t er i alr out eswher et r affic managementi scl os el ys cr ut i ni s ed.
Pos i t i vecommuni t yengagementi sani nt egr alpar tofourr es pons i bi l i t i esi nt hes ucces s f uldel i ver yoft hi s maj ori nf r as t r uct ur epr oj ectand,wewi l lcont i nuet os er vel ocalcommuni t i eseffect i vel yt hr oughourwel l e s t a b l i s h d c mmu n i c t i o n p r ot o oN l s . Fr om l e f t ,D ar r e n Y oe un g, Ho ea dofBu s i n ea s s D ev el op me n tc SG N at ur alGas ,MayorofDer r yCi t yandSt r abaneDi s t r i ctCounci l ,Cl l rJohnBoyl eandChr i sMcMul l an, Domes t i cSal esRepr es ent at i veSGN Nat ur alGaspi ct ur edatt hel aunchoft heNor t her nI r el andSus t ai nabl eEner gyPr ogr amme( NI SEP)‘ War m atHome’s cheme.
Iam pl eas edt or epor tt hatt hepr oj ectt obr i ngnat ur algast oei ghtt ownsi nt heWes ti scur r ent l yon
St r aba n e r e s i d en t s a r e s e t t ot b e e fi tn f r oq mua a n e f u n d i n g s c h e me wh i ch wi l l h e l p cor n v er t h e i r t r a ck t o be o p e r a t i o n a l i n h en s e co d r t e rw of n e x t y e ar . L a r g eco mme r c i a c u s t ome s wi l lt b e c onnect ed i ni t i a l l yt a nn da o n wa r d d i s t r i b u t i o n t owi do me t i c c u t oi me r si nt t h er e ma n i ng t o wn si n hn ee n e t wo kai r en at can hous e h o l d s o t u r al ga s a s p a r t o f d ers e ff o r t s a me d a ma k i ngi h o me s mo r et e r g y er ffic e t h e n er o l l e d ug t . wi t hi n t h eb we s t e r no r e i on. Iwo u l d l i k es t o t a ke t h i s o p p or t u n i t y on c em agt a i n oo t h a n kr o u r pl r o j e ct e a m f o r a l lt h e i r ha r d wo r k odat ei n SGN N at u r a l G a wa s ap p r o v e d f u n d i ng f r o h et N r t h e n I r e a n d St u s t ai n a b l e E n e r g y Pr og r at mme connect i ngmanynew cus t omer si nSt r abanewher ear ound2, 000homesandbus i nes s esnow haveacces s ( NI SEP)201 81 9t ohel pconnecthomesi nt heCo.Tyr onet ownt onat ur algascent r alheat i ng, t onat ur algaswi t hal lt hebenefit st hatflow f r om t hat ,mos tnot abl yi mpr ovedener gyeffici encyand i ncl ud i ngi ns ul at i ona n dener gyeffici encymeas ur es . r educedf uelcos t s .
Thes chemeappr ovedbyt heUt i l i t yRegul at or ,offer shous ehol dst hechancet oconver tt oagr ant f undednat ur algasheat i ngs ys t em.I naddi t i on,t her ear ear angeofconnect i onoffer sal r eady avai l abl ef orr es i dent swhowi s ht omaket hes wi t cht onat ur algass uchas0% financeand£500 cas hback. TheMayorofDer r yCi t yandSt r abaneDi s t r i ctCounci l ,Counci l l orJohnBoyl ewhoat t endedt he l aunchoft hes chemei nSt r abane,wel comedt heNI SEPf undi ngands ai dhewaspar t i cul ar l ypl eas ed t hati twi l lbenefithous ehol dsi nt heCounci lar ea. Dar r enYoung,SGN Nat ur alGasHeadofBus i nes sDevel opment ,added:“ Wear ecommi t t edt o ens ur i ngasmanyr es i dent saspos s i bl ear eenj oyi ngt hebenefit sofnat ur algas .Wear eal s odel i ght ed, aspar tofourwi ders t r at egyt opl ayakeyr ol ei neffect i vel yaddr es s i ngt hef uelpover t yi s s ueswi t hi n ournet wor kar ea,wher eappr oxi mat el yonei never yt wohomesar ecur r ent l ycons i der edt obei nf uel pover t y. ” DannyO' Mal l ey,Di r ect orSGN Nat ur alGasandJohnFr ench,Chi efExecut i veoft heCons umerCounci l ,pi ct ur eddur i ngan opendayatLacPat r i ck.
A demovehi cl ehasbeenvi s i t i ngSt r abanet oengagedi r ect l ywi t hr es i dent saboutt heNI SEPs cheme andconnect i onoffer savai l abl et ohel phous ehol dss wi t cht onat ur algasaheadoft hecol dermont hs .
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Wel comet ot het hi r dedi t i onofour SGN Nat ur alGasnewsl et t er
Speci al i s tengi neer i ngwor kt aki ngpl acei nCo.Fer managh,i ncl udi ngas er i esofkeyr i vercr os s i ngs , Dai r ycoopLacPat r i ckDai r i esi sal r eadyder i vi ngbus i nes nefit ayearonf r om connect i ngt ur algas i s ah ugel ys i gni fica n tel eme nt of t hepr oj e c tt obr i ngs nb ae t u r als ga st ot hewe s t er nar ea . onat ati t smul t i mi l l i onpoundmi l kpr oces s i ngpl anti nAr t i gar van,CoTyr one.
SL p e c i a l i s t d r i l l i n g k s s u c c e s s u l l y omp l e t e d r e ce nt l y1 a g u i r e s b r i dj g T r a s n aI s l a n dva n dgt a c P at r i c k ’ s £ 3 0 mwo dar i r ywa t ec hn ol o g y cf e n t r ec wa sco n n e ct e d i n 2 0 7t aMa spa r t o f a ma oe r, i n v e s t me n t p r o i d i n he Cc o l e b r o o k e . apaci t yt opr oces smi l ki nbot hNor t her nI r el andandt heRepubl i cofI r el and. Wel comet oI s s uet hr eeofournews l et t erwhi chi sai medat
DT a v i d B u l e r , H e d o f E n g i n e e r i n gdwi t h S N N a t u r a l G s , s a i d ea wa s el i g ht edkt h e r i v er r c r o s s i ng s h e n e w g a s s u pa p l y wa s a k e y e l e me n t o f l a r ge r i n v e s t me n t a t L ah cP t r i c kd wh ch ma e s bu t t , l i q u i d mi l k, k e e pt i n g o u r s t a k e h o l d e r s u p t o a t e oa nG t h e e x p a n s i o na o f t h e h en e s e a n d p o wd e r s a t i t s s t a t e o f t h e a r t p l a n t l o c a t e d n e a r S t r a b a n e . hc a d o t c a u s e d a n y u n n e c e s s a r y d i s r u p t i o n t o l o c a l c o mmu n i t i e s o r t r a ffic i s s u e s a t t h e v a r i o u s SGN Nat ur alGasnet wor ki nt heWes t er nar eaofNor t her n l ocat i o n s . I r e l a n d,aswel lass har i ngnewsofourmos tr ecentpr oj ect
SGNmi Nl a t u r a l G a sDi r ect orDannyO’ Mal l eys ai d:“ Thi sconnect i onmar kedas i gni ficantmi l es t onei nt he e s t o n e s . d e v e l o p me n t o f t h e S G N N a t u r a l G a s n e t wo r k wh i c h wi l l u l t i ma t e l y b r i n g n a t u r a l g a s t o t h o u s a n d s o fs ho me “ Thi si sanot herbi gs t epi nconnect i nghomesandbus i nes s esi nCo.Fer managht onat ur alga a ss andWh bus i n e s s e s i n e i g h t k e y t o wn s i n t h e We s t o f N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d . i l es ever eadver s eweat heratt hes t ar toft heyear
s oonaspos s i bl e, ”hes t at ed.
pr es ent eds omeunf or es eenchal l engesi nr el at i ont o “ A ye ar o n f r o m s wi t c hi n g t o n a t u r alg a s , La c P a t r i ck i sal r eadys eei ngt hebenefit sf ort hebus i nes si ncl udi nga c o n s t r u c t i o n wo r k s c h e d u l e s , we h a v e s i n c e ma d e Cr o . e r ma n ai g he wi l l a l s o b e n e fi t f r o m a n e w g a sl t r a i n i n gf ay c i l i t y p l a n n e1 d a t So u t h We s t C o l l e g e ’ s I s s u e 2 Ma y 2 0 8 e dF u c t i o n i n t s n e r g y c o s t s . T h i s l o n g e s t a b l i s h e d o c a l e mp l o e r i s l e a d i n g t h e wa y f o r c o n t i n u e d s u c c e s s s i g n i fic a ntpr o gr e s s . Kc i l l y h e v l i n a u s t o c o i n c i d er wi t hr t h e a r r i v a l o f a t u a l a s i n Enni s ki l l en. o mp e t i n gc i nmp i nt e r na t i o n a l e x po tma k et s , a l l f u e l l e dn b y nr a t ug r a l ga s . ” Not abl eachi evement si nr ecentmont hsi ncl udet he r i emp lD’ A r c y ,C h i e E x ecu t i v e f L a cP a r i c kl , s ai d r ee ds uc ngener gycos t swasakeyf act ori nt hecoop’ sdeci s i on Gabc o l e t i o n o f af n u mb e r o fo hi g h l y s pt e c i a i s t p i e c oi f t oi n v e s t £ 3 0 m a t t h e s t a t e o f t h e a r t f a c i l i t y i n A r t i g a r v a n . engi neer i ngwor ki nvol vi ngs ever alkeyr i vercr os s i ngsi n Co.Fer managh. Headded:“ Wear ehappyt hatayearonourvi s i oni sal r eadybei ngr eal i s edandwear el ooki ngf or war dt o max i mi s i n g o u r c o s t e ffic i e n c i e s b y u s i n g n a t u r a l g a s i n t h e y e a r s a h e a d . I t p l a y s a c r i t i c a l r o l e i n L a c P a t r i c k ocusi st oens ur eal lwor ki scar r i edouts af el yandt hat Ourmai nf bei n g a b l e t o p a s s o n a l l s a v i n g s a n d r e t u r n s f r o m t h e ma r k e t t o o u r s u p p l i e r s . ” anydayt odaydi s r upt i onf orl ocalr es i dent sandbus i nes s esi s mi ni mi s ed.Thi si ses peci al l yper t i nentf ort owncent r ear easandmai nar t er i alr out eswher et r affic managementi scl os el ys cr ut i ni s ed.
Pos i t i vecommuni t yengagementi sani nt egr alpar tofourr es pons i bi l i t i esi nt hes ucces s f uldel i ver yoft hi s maj ori nf r as t r uct ur epr oj ectand,wewi l lcont i nuet os er vel ocalcommuni t i eseffect i vel yt hr oughourwel l e s t a b l i s h d c mmu n i c t i o n p r ot o oN l s . Fr om l e f t ,D ar r e n Y oe un g, Ho ea dofBu s i n ea s s D ev el op me n tc SG N at ur alGas ,MayorofDer r yCi t yandSt r abaneDi s t r i ctCounci l ,Cl l rJohnBoyl eandChr i sMcMul l an, Domes t i cSal esRepr es ent at i veSGN Nat ur alGaspi ct ur edatt hel aunchoft heNor t her nI r el andSus t ai nabl eEner gyPr ogr amme( NI SEP)‘ War m atHome’s cheme.
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