Pipeline Capacity. The acquisition of the Initial 5K AF shall include the right to transport 5,000 acre-feet of Conserved Water through firm pipeline capacity to the CRA, at no extra cost to the Optionee. Additionally, the acquisition of Class A Carry-Over Storage shall include the right to transport 5,000 acre-feet of any acquired Conserved Water through Class A Firm pipeline capacity to the CRA, at no extra cost to the Optionee. Upon acquisition of Class B Carry-Over Storage, the Optionee shall elect, in writing to CADIZ, whether it wishes to acquire Class B Firm or Space Available pipeline capacity in accordance with the Price Schedule. For example, if Optionee acquires 5,000 acre-feet of Class B Carry-Over Storage and does not wish to secure firm capacity for that 5,000 acre-feet of stored Conserved Water, it will still have a firm right to convey 5,000 acre-feet of Conserved Water that may be stored within its Class A Carry-Over Storage.
Pipeline Capacity. (1) Nothing in this part shall have the effect of terminating any validly issued right-of-way, or customary operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement activities in such right-of-way; pro- hibiting the upgrading of and construction on existing facilities in such right-of-way for the purpose of increasing the capacity of the exist- ing pipeline; or prohibiting the renewal of such right-of-way issued, granted, or permitted to the Southern California Gas Company, its succes- sors or assigns, which is located on lands in- cluded in the Mojave National Preserve, but out- side lands designated as wilderness under sec- tion 601(a)(3). Such activities shall be conducted in a manner which will minimize the impact on preserve resources.
(2) The Secretary shall prepare within one hundred and eighty days after October 31, 1994, in consultation with the Southern California Gas Company, plans for emergency access by the Southern California Gas Company to its rights- of-way.
Pipeline Capacity. First Fill Storage shall include the right to transport Fill Water on a Space Available basis. Class A Carry-Over Storage (if obtained through the purchase of Class B Carry-Over Storage) shall include the right to transport 5,000 acre-feet of any acquired Conserved Water through Class A Firm pipeline capacity to the CRA, at no extra cost to the Optionee. Upon acquisition of Class B Carry-Over Storage, the Optionee shall elect, in writing to CADIZ, whether it wishes to acquire Class B Firm or Space Available pipeline capacity in accordance with the Price Schedule.
Pipeline Capacity. The acquisition of the Initial AF shall include the right to transport the purchased Conserved Water through firm pipeline capacity to the CRA, at no extra cost to the Optionee. For example, if the Optionee acquires 200 acre-feet pursuant to Section 2.2(a), then the Optionee shall have the right to transport 200 acre-feet through firm pipeline capacity to the CRA, at no extra cost to the Optionee. Additionally, the acquisition of Class A Carry-Over Storage shall include the right to transport 5,000 acre-feet of any acquired Conserved Water through Class A Firm pipeline capacity to the CRA, at no extra cost to the Optionee. Upon acquisition of Class B Carry-Over Storage, the Optionee shall elect, in writing to CADIZ, whether it wishes to acquire Class B Firm or Space Available pipeline capacity in accordance with the Price Schedule. For example, if Optionee acquires 5,000 acre-feet of Class B Carry-Over Storage and does not wish to secure firm capacity for that 5,000 acre-feet of stored Conserved Water, it will still have a firm right to convey 5,000 acre-feet of Conserved Water that may be stored within its Class A Carry-Over Storage.
Pipeline Capacity. The operational capacity of a pipeline is mainly determined by its length, diameter and the applied pressure difference when other factors such as temperature and friction coefficients are kept constant. Pipeline capacity scales with pipeline diameter D approximately as Da, with value of a approximately 2.6, and decreases with increasing length L approximately as 1/Lb, with value of b approximately 0.5. The maximum pressure difference that can be applied will be dictated by the minimum required wellhead (injection) pressure and the maximum pipeline inlet pressure. The minimum wellhead pressure is usually dictated by a requirement to keep the CO2 in dense phase for all normal operating conditions. For example, in the Peterhead CCS project (Shell, 2016), with injection into the depleted Goldeneye Field reservoir a minimum pressure of 90 bar was assumed, which together with a maximum inlet pressure of 120 bar, a pipeline length of 101 kilometres and diameter of 20" (inches) lead to a calculated transport capacity of 8 to 9 million tonnes per year for the existing pipeline (Shell, 2016). The large 600-kilometre Europipe1 pipeline, which is operated by Gassco and transports natural gas from the Draupner E platform to Dornum in Germany, is estimated to have a transport capacity of about 40 Mt CO2 per year (Element Energy, 2010). The exact capacity will depend on the pressures used. However, the timing of pipeline availability is unclear. Impurities in the CO2 stream are expected to influence a wide range of thermodynamic and other properties relevant to CO2 pipeline transport, as noted above. These properties include the density of the stream, the specific pressure drop and the critical point. As a consequence, optimal pipeline design parameters such as diameter, wall thickness, inlet pressure, minimum allowable operational pressure and the distance between booster stations are potentially subject to change. These will all also have an impact on the cost of transportation (Xxxxxxxxx et al., 2014; xx Xxxxxx et al., 2008). Note that even if the existing infrastructure only can meet part of the needed capacity, re-use can still be a possibility. Re-use in combination with (later) installation of a new pipeline can meet the remaining and potentially increasing capacity demand.
