PRCI (Pipeline Research Council International) 2021 - 2026

Completed

Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal(Oil and Gas, Refining, transport and storage of oil and gas)

Applied Research and Development

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Other (Energy technology information dissemination)

Project Contact
National Grid Gas Transmission

Network Innovation Allowance

Ofgem

01 April 2021

31 March 2026

ENA months

£1,578,278

Energy

London

Network Innovation Allowance

Project Contact, National Grid Gas Transmission

Project Contact, Cadent Central
Project Contact, Cadent Eastern
Project Contact, Cadent North London
Project Contact, Cadent West Midlands
Project Contact, Cadent North West

Project Contact, Cadent Gas

PRCI facilitates a collaborative R&D programme, funded by contributions based on the total length of pipelines operated by each member company. Each member company contributes to the projects that most closely address their needs, but all member companies have access to the output of the complete PRCI programme. Projects are balloted annually, and members participate in projects that most closely meet their individual network needs.In RIIO-1 PRCI was sanctioned and registered on an annual basis. It is the intention to sanction for the full period of RII-2 with an annual review to ensure value and with annual progress reports. Participation in PRCI gives National Grid Gas and Cadent Gas access to research projects that may otherwise be more difficult to fund on an individual basis, as well as the opportunity of validating work carried out on internal programmes. There are extensive networking opportunities with other gas transporters and across the wider industry. Collaboration through this organisation will continue to play a key role in the innovation portfolio. National Grid and Cadent Gas want to establish best practice technologies and techniques to allow safe, reliable, efficient and economic use of the gas networks with a reducing impact on the environment. By participating in PRCI, National Grid and Cadent Gas have and will continue to benefit from the international experience of the other member companies representatives, while benefiting from significant leverage on project activity from the other member companies.

The Pipeline Research Council International (PRCI) is the basis of much of the international research for gas pipelines and above ground installations, providing knowledge to members effectively and economically. PRCI aims to conduct a collaboratively-funded research & development programme that enables energy pipeline companies around the world to provide safe, reliable, environmentally compatible, cost-efficient service to meet customer energy requirements.

14/10/22