MAX STREICHER S.p.A. awarded major contract for storage plant in Italy

MAX STREICHER S.p.A. has secured a major contract from Stogit for the enhancement of the Fiume Treste Gas Storage Plant in Chieti. The contract covers two parallel initiatives: the installation of a new ELCO EC5 electrocompressor unit and a comprehensive safety upgrading programme for the existing compression facilities.

The ELCO EC5 project introduces a new 13 MW, two-stage electric-driven compressor designed to optimise gas injection into the storage clusters while eliminating atmospheric emissions. The unit will support the plant’s three existing turbo compressors and will be capable of handling H₂NG blends with hydrogen content up to 10%. The scope includes significant civil works – such as construction of the ELCO substation building, HVAC facilities, and foundations for gas air coolers – along with mechanical activities like piping reconstruction, installation of filtration systems, and support for precommissioning and startup. Electrical and instrumentation works will cover installation, calibration, and integration of field equipment. In parallel, the Safety Upgrading programme will modernise units TC1, TC3, and TC4 through complete replacement of machine and fuel gas piping, valves, and instrumentation, as well as civil modifications and removal of obsolete interstage filters.

The decommissioned TC2 unit will be fully dismantled, with the area repurposed for new piping and fire-detection systems. The overall project is planned over a 70-month execution period starting February 2026

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